Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 18:20:19 +1100 (EST) From: Ivan Ngeow <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> To: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Cc: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it>, roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Something to worry about ? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.961118181720.31421A-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> In-Reply-To: <199611172145.WAA00957@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, Robert Eckardt wrote: > > But it seems that this message pops up when the system is NOT idle. > (I would expect some sort of auto power-off after some time idle.) > (The system is a 486DX2/66, 16MB RAM, Bios doesn't know about fancy > power saving, system(2.1.5R) on wd0, home on sd0) i have a 486DX2-66 with APM-1.1 BIOS, running FBSD-2.1.0. i get this message only _sometimes_, and this is after the hard disk is spinning up again after a spin-down (whether due to idling or leaving suspend mode). does me no harm, though the disk does seem to give a few loud knocks if FBSD gets impatient and insist on reading the HD when it's not ready. ivan
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