From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 6 23:56:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA29446 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:56:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA29437 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:56:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.054 #1) id 0zmvWe-0005RS-00; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:56:12 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id HAA01612; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:55:42 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA00742; Mon, 7 Dec 98 07:55:42 GMT Message-Id: <366B89C6.A2B1ADCC@uk.radan.com> Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 07:54:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: rick hamell Cc: Nicholas Theriault , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard Disk Led stays lit References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG rick hamell wrote: > > > When freebsd probes for the cdrom (wcd0) which is a SONY CDU-55E, he > > finds it but > > the hard disk led stays on until I reboot the machine. If I disable the > > secondary IDE controller on my > > mainboard (the cdrom is hooked on the 2nd controller) then fbsd does not > > find the cdrom drive and the led acts normally. > > Any ideas how I can fix that ? > > It is weird! Check the LED plug itself first, make sure pin 1 > goes to pin one on the controller or motherboard. NEVER under any > circumstances plug it into the hard drive! What's the reason for this? I've got mine plugged into the (SCSI) HD because, apparently, the LED pins on my Diamond Fireport card don't work under FreeBSD. > I'd also check my master/slave > jumpers on both the hard drive and the cdrom. > > Rick > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message