guyonphone 1 Posted February 16, 2016 Hello Unraid, I found out that Samsung made their Magician software for Linux. http://jcutrer.com/howto/linux/samsung-magician-command-line-linux Has anyone used this? I'm not the best with Linux, does anyone have any suggestions on installing it on UnRaid? Thank You Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itimpi 76 Posted February 16, 2016 Hello Unraid, I found out that Samsung made their Magician software for Linux. http://jcutrer.com/howto/linux/samsung-magician-command-line-linux Has anyone used this? I'm not the best with Linux, does anyone have any suggestions on installing it on UnRaid? Thank You not tried it, but the description says it is for specific Linux distributions, none of which are compatible with unRAID. That does not necessarily mean it cannot be made to run, but does suggest it could be a non-trivial task. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guyonphone 1 Posted February 17, 2016 I copied it to my boot drive, and attempted to launch it, I got a message saying the following: root@Unraid:/boot# ./magician -bash: ./magician: cannot execute binary file It seems like having this would be a terrific idea. I would assume that a large amount of SSD users use Samsung SSD's, and we are missing a lot of the benefits that this could offer, but alas, I do not have the skills to port this to UNRAID. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unevent 21 Posted February 17, 2016 It most likely uses tools already part of the Linux distro since the file is only 2.5M. unRAID is slimmed down and lacks most tools in a normal distribution so not all functions may work. That said, copy the 32 or 64 bit bin to a drive (cache, etc.) and issue 'chmod +x' on the file then run it (./magician). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trurl 156 Posted February 17, 2016 It most likely uses tools already part of the Linux distro since the file is only 2.5M. unRAID is slimmed down and lacks most tools in a normal distribution so not all functions may work. That said, copy the 32 or 64 bit bin to a drive (cache, etc.) and issue 'chmod +x' on the file then run it (./magician). Don't even bother with the 32 bit on unRAID v6, no hope for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unevent 21 Posted February 17, 2016 Lol, yes..32 bit for 32 bit OS, 64 bit for 64 bit OS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guyonphone 1 Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks for the info guys, ill try soon and report back my findings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guyonphone 1 Posted February 17, 2016 With your guys's help I did get it to run: root@Unraid:/mnt/cache/Apps# chmod +x ./magician root@Unraid:/mnt/cache/Apps# ./magician Magician is now configuring the environment for LSI MegaRAID SAS Controller. Magician is now configuring the environment for LSI SAS IT/IR Controller. Magician is now configuring the environment for LSI SAS IT/IR2 Controller. Magician is now configuring the environment for LSI SAS IT/IR3 Controller. ================================================================================ ================ Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 2014 Samsung Corporation ================================================================================ ================ Usage: ./magician [operation] .. Allowed Operations: -L[ --list] Shows a disk(s) attached to the system. -F[ --firmware-update] Updates firmware to specified disk. -E[ --erase] Securely Erases all data from specified disk. -O[ --over-provision] Performs one of the Over-Provisioning related operations on specified disk. -T[ --trim] Optimizes specified disk. -S[ --smart] Shows S.M.A.R.T values of specified disk. -M[ --setmax] Performs SetMax related operations on specified disk. -W[ --writecache] Enables/Disables Write Cache on specified disk. -X[ --sctcachestate] Gets the SCT write cache state for specified disk. -C[ --command-history] Shows history of the previously executed commands. -I[ --info] Displays the disk details to the user. -license Shows the End User License Agreement. -H[ --help] Shows detailed Help. root@Unraid:/mnt/cache/Apps# ./magician -L ================================================================================ ================ Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 2014 Samsung Corporation ================================================================================ ================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Disk | Model | Serial | Firmware | Capacity | Drive | Total Bytes | | Number | | Number | | | Health | Written | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No Samsung SSD found! However it does not see my SSD. My particular SSD an 850 EVO, is not listed in the supported drives section of this application, so perhaps I can't take advantage of this, or perhaps a dependency in UNRAID is missing like user unevent mentioned as a possibility. This is the end of the line for me, but perhaps this will help someone in the future. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljm42 66 Posted February 17, 2016 I can confirm this does work with my 850 Pro on unRAID 6.1.8. Here are the steps to install and do a little cleanup: mkdir /mnt/user/Data/magician/ cd /mnt/user/Data/magician/ wget http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/downloads/software/samsung_magician_dc-v1.0_rtm_p2.tar.gz tar xvfz samsung_magician_dc-v1.0_rtm_p2.tar.gz mv samsung_magician_dc-v1.0_rtm_p2/64bin/magician . rm samsung_magician_dc-v1.0_rtm_p2.tar.gz rm -rf samsung_magician_dc-v1.0_rtm_p2/ I chose to put it in /mnt/user/Data/magician, adjust as needed. It won't extract to the flash drive. To run: cd /mnt/user/Data/magician/ ./magician -L ================================================================================================ Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 2014 Samsung Corporation ================================================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Disk | Model | Serial | Firmware | Capacity | Drive | Total Bytes | | Number | | Number | | | Health | Written | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 5 |Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB |zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |EXM01B6Q | 476 GB | GOOD | 10.06 TB | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I was starting from scratch I might over-provision the drive, but otherwise I don't see much here. The manual is here if you need it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guyonphone 1 Posted February 17, 2016 I think your SSD drive is asleep Very cool, thanks for testing it. I hadn't researched it that far, but was hoping for some sort of rapid mode. Still a nice to have in my eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljm42 66 Posted February 18, 2016 LOL yeah I probably didn't need to mask the serial number, but glad you got a laugh out of it And I agree, the fact that Samsung lets us over-provision and upgrade firmware from Linux is pretty awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
