From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 23 04:54:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA09100 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 04:54:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mutsgo.dyn.ml.org (kf7nn@dal12-23.ppp.iadfw.net [206.66.4.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA09048 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 04:54:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from kf7nn@localhost) by mutsgo.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) id GAA01953 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 06:53:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kf7nn) From: George Vagner Message-Id: <199803231253.GAA01953@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org> Subject: APM support To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 06:53:57 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG if i enable APM in the boot -c prompt i start getting these messages when the disks are spun down and there is an access to the drive. drive wd0 is a Maxtor 85120a6 5.1 GIG wd2 is a WD22100 2.1 GIG Both IDE. Mar 22 23:25:07 mutsgo /kernel: wd0: interrupt timeout: Mar 22 23:25:07 mutsgo /kernel: wd0: status 58 error 0 Mar 22 23:40:16 mutsgo /kernel: wd0: interrupt timeout: Mar 22 23:40:16 mutsgo /kernel: wd0: status 58 error 1 I would like to have the disks spin down during periods of inactivity but hate these messages popping up on the console. what can I do? Another question, How do i properly clear the logs, i read somewhere that just deleteing them wont do it and can be BAD.. Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message