From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 01:27:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F591065677 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:27:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 496148FC0A for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:27:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5S1RiaN036577; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:27:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:27:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: chip In-Reply-To: <48658AF9.70202@wiegand.org> Message-ID: <20080627212659.N31623@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <486584C0.3060003@wiegand.org> <48658AF9.70202@wiegand.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: cd drive won't open X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:27:46 -0000 On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, chip wrote: > chip wrote: >> Oddly enough, my cd drive will not open. Just yesterday I installed FBSD >> from cd and it was fine. Now it won't open. I haven't used it since >> installing FBSD. >> I've tried umount /cdrom but get an error message >> >> umount: /cdrom: not a file system root directory >> >> Doesn't make any sense. I'm gonna shut down the machine and check the >> cables, just in case it came loose. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > Well, after reseating the cables for the cd drive, and rebooting > twice, the drive finally opens. During bootup the system recognizes > the drive correctly and assigns it to acd0. But, the orange activity > light stays on continually (not flashing, just steady on) and > everything is running very slow now. It's definately related to the cd > drive, but what do I look for? Maybe the drive is bad? Are you able to try a different drive? -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]