diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 84f0fe5..3f91340 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -103,3 +103,12 @@ It's mostly distro-agnostic but sometimes specific for [pacman-based distros](ht - How-to: Edit pacman's config-file at `/etc/pacman.conf` and uncomment `ParallelDownloads` and add a number of parallel downloads like 5 or 10. - `# nano /etc/pacman.conf` - Additionally: [ArchWiki: Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Enabling_parallel_downloads). + +### 13. Enable smartd service. +- Description: Enable the smartd daemon to monitor SMART status and emit notifications to log. +- Requires: [smartmontools](https://archlinux.org/packages/?name=smartmontools) +- How-to: + - Enable the service `# systemctl enable smartd.service` + - Uncomment/add the following line to `/etc/smartd.conf`: + `DEVICESCAN -a` +- Additionally: [ArchWiki: S.M.A.R.T.](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/S.M.A.R.T.#smartd) \ No newline at end of file