From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 19 01:14:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2788A37B401 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 01:14:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from caulfield.bitmap.net (h24-86-223-137.ed.shawcable.net [24.86.223.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B000243F3F for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 01:14:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ) Received: from 192.168.0.17 (unknown [192.168.0.17]) by caulfield.bitmap.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5585833C2FE for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 02:14:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Graham Bakay <> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 02:14:16 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304190214.16389.Graham Bakay <>> Subject: cdrom speed tunable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 08:14:19 -0000 hello everyone, does anyone know if there is a method (perhaps a kernel tunable) to force a cdrom drive to spin at a certain speed? i'm looking to slow down my cdrom drive. these newfangled contraptions sound like jet airplanes when they get up to speed. i long for the days of yore with 2x, 4x, or for crazy quickness, 8x drives. at least they were quiet, and didn't vibrate like crazy. tia, graham bakay (please reply to me as well as the list, as i'm not subscribed. i just read it in digests).