From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 01:35:27 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 B40341065674 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:35:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from smtpout09.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout09-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D3918FC27 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:35:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: (qmail 19784 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2008 01:35:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (72.211.136.129) by smtpout09-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.17) with ESMTP; 28 Jun 2008 01:35:24 -0000 Message-ID: <486595F9.4040403@wiegand.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:38:01 -0700 From: chip User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Hill References: <486584C0.3060003@wiegand.org> <48658AF9.70202@wiegand.org> <20080627212659.N31623@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20080627212659.N31623@tripel.monochrome.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 01:35:27 -0000 Chris Hill wrote: > 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 <|> ] > > It finally did - after about 5 minutes of the system being apparently locked up, then a few more minutes of high activity slowing down the 'puter. Then it finally started to respond properly and now works fine.