From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 31 12:50:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3395B14BF9 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:50:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 7698 invoked by uid 1001); 31 Mar 1999 20:41:39 -0000 Message-ID: <19990331204139.7697.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 06:41:38 +1000 From: Greg Black To: David Kelly Cc: marko@uk.radan.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, yurtesen@ispro.net.tr Subject: Re: HDD led stops working after FreeBSD...? References: <199903301357.HAA22856@mail.HiWAAY.net> In-reply-to: <199903301357.HAA22856@mail.HiWAAY.net> of Tue, 30 Mar 1999 07:57:48 CST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Thanks for the explanation. When I asked on the list if the Diamond > > cards were supported someone mentioned that the LED didn't work due to > > a bug in the driver. Obviously not a bug but a sensible design > > decision :-). I don't think I'll bother with the kernel option, I'll > > leave the LED connected to the HD (gonna need another LED though as > > I'm getting a 2nd HD soon, /usr will have 4.5GB all to itself :-) ) > > If you have one of those idiot "MHz" displays on your case, you > can wire HD LED's to a pixel on the display. Even better if the > display has a decimal point. Okay you guys, this is fascinating -- but why do you care about LEDs on your disks? I haven't had a (visible) LED on a disk for at least ten years and have never wished I had. Is there some reason for wanting them? -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message