Can SMART-Driver be used if the OS lives on the external drive?

kasbert / OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver

Max OS X kernel driver for providing access to external drive SMART data

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Can SMART-Driver be used if the OS lives on the external drive? #47

Open daniels opened 6 years ago

daniels commented 6 years ago

I use an USB SSD as boot disk. Would it be possible to install the SAT-SMART-Driver in the OS that lives on that disk to get SMART status from the same disk? (I guess no ...)

kasbert commented 6 years ago

No. This driver is for external enclosures only. If your internal SSD doesn't show smart status, this driver does not helposti you.

kasbert commented 6 years ago

Sorry. Ihan didn't read tour description well. Also The mobile autocorrect IS mocking me. I have to think about it.