Added news about MegaRAID controller support and GUI GSmartControl.

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Added news about MegaRAID controller support and GUI GSmartControl.
e40e2e07 · dipohl · 9c49cf5b · e40e2e07
Commit e40e2e07 authored 16 years ago by dipohl
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 <div class="left-header">
  <h2>News</h2>
  <ul class="High">
-    <li>We'd like to announce that smartmontools now have some experimental code to
+    <li>Thanks to contributor Jordan Hargrave, smartmontools now have support for MegaRAID controllers.
+    Get <strong>current version</strong> from <a href="download.html#CVSInstall">CVS</a>
+    and use <tt>-d megaraid,N</tt> to inspect disk N behind the controller.</li>
+    <li>Alexander Shaduri brought <a href="http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/">
+    <img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />GSmartControl</a>, 
+    a graphical user interface for <tt>smartctl</tt> into existence. Have a look at the 
+    <a href="http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/Screenshots">
+    <img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />screenshots</a>
+    and the <a href="http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/About">
+    <img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />feature list</a> 
+    to get an impression of this nice tool. </li>
+    <li>Smartmontools now have some experimental code to
    support Areca SATA RAID controllers (Linux only). Thanks to
    Hank Wu (Areca) and Oliver Bock (AEI Hannover) for their contributions.
    Read the 
@@ -51,12 +62,6 @@
    So you can address USB devices with cypress chips. The chipset contains an ATACB proprietary 
    <em>pass through</em> for ATA commands passed through SCSI commands. 
    Get <strong>current version</strong> from <a href="download.html#CVSInstall">CVS</a>.</li>    
-
-    <li>Smartmontools 5.38 (stable) was released 2008/03/10, see 
-    <a href="http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/NEWS?revision=RELEASE_5_38&amp;view=markup">NEWS</a> 
-    and <a href="http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/CHANGELOG?revision=RELEASE_5_38&amp;view=markup">CHANGELOG</a> 
-    for details.</li>
-    
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@@ -74,8 +79,13 @@ Solaris, OS/2, Cygwin, QNX, eComStation or <a href="faq.html#windows">Windows</a
 Smartmontools can also be run from one of many different <a href="faq.html#bootable">bootable 
 CDs or floppies</a>.</p>

- <p>If smartmontools is not already installed on your system, then to get it,
-go to the <a href="download.html">download section</a>. You will also find installation instructions 
+ <p>Thanks to Alexander Shaduri, there is also a graphical user interface for <tt>smartctl</tt>
+ available. Go to the Homepage of <a href="http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/">
+<img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />GSmartControl</a>
+to get all info and the software itself.</p>
+
+ <p>If smartmontools is not already installed on your system, then go to our 
+ <a href="download.html">download section</a> to get it. You will also find installation instructions 
 for different operating systems and distributions. If you are looking for smartmontools 
 user guides and tutorials, go to the <a href="doc.html">documentation page</a>. 
 Scan section <a href="faq.html">Frequently asked Questions</a>, if you have 
@@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ and links to other monitoring resources.</p>
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