From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 2 4:32:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CE77414E65 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 04:32:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 14917 invoked by uid 1001); 2 Apr 1999 12:26:12 -0000 Message-ID: <19990402122612.14916.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 22:26:11 +1000 From: Greg Black To: rick hamell Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HDD led stops working after FreeBSD...? References: In-reply-to: of Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:38:19 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I promise to drop this thread now ... > > Okay you guys, this is fascinating -- but why do you care about > > LEDs on your disks? I haven't had a (visible) LED on a disk for > > at least ten years and have never wished I had. Is there some > > reason for wanting them? > > So that there is some illumination when you're hacking late at > night, everybody is asleep and it's totally dark. That way you don't step > on the plates leftover from dinner sometime last month...:) I counted the visible non-disk LEDs in my office when I walked in there at 0300 today -- there are 47 of them and they provide plenty of light for me to find my desk and wake up my screens without needing any more :-) -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message