Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:54:36 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Nicholas Theriault <theriault.nicholas@iq.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard Disk Led stays lit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.981206215236.15460B-100000@dsinw.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981207003959.0091f4e0@mail.iq.ca>
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> 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! 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
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