Subject: Re: wd0 question
To: Stefan Parvu <sparvu@cc.hut.fi>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/22/2001 21:08:34
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 10:18:14PM +0300, Stefan Parvu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed in one of my machine NetBSD 1.5 i386. Everything seems
> fine except I am trying to figure out why the led of my HDD is always on
> after booting NetBSD ? The partition is mounted as it comes by default
> install ...
> 
> The machine is a Pentium III 550MHz, Asus P3B-F
> 128 MB RAM
> IBM 20 GB EIDE 

Do you have a ATAPI device on the controller ? It seems these devices sometimes
do something strange on the bus which keep the LED on. On my system opening
and closing the CD tray clears it ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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