Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:38:01 -0700 From: chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cd drive won't open Message-ID: <486595F9.4040403@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <20080627212659.N31623@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <486584C0.3060003@wiegand.org> <48658AF9.70202@wiegand.org> <20080627212659.N31623@tripel.monochrome.org>
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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.
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