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smartmontools has been installed

To check the status of drives, use the following:

	${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a ad0		for first ATA drive
	${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a da0		for first SCSI drive

To enable monitor of drives, you can use ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartd
A sample configuration file has been installed as ${PREFIX}/etc/smartd.conf.sample
Copy this file to ${PREFIX}/etc/smartd.conf and edit appropriately

To have smartd start at boot
	cp ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/smartd.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/smartd.sh
	chmod 555 ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/smartd.sh