Hi All,
I have a triple boot system with Windows XP 64, Ubuntu 9.10 64, and FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64.
When I boot in Windows or in Linux, the harddrive led on my panel acts as it should: Whenever there is disk activity it flickers, when there is none, it is off.
In FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE however, during boot up, the led turns on, and just sits there, (without flickering).
Now because it is working fine in Windows and in Linux, I suspect there is nothing wrong with the harddrive(s) themselves, but maybe it is a little bug somewhere. I have looked into the logs but I can't find anything related.
I have three harddrives in my system and 1 dvdrw drive:
uname:
dmesg: enclosed
Since I have a dvd rw drive and a radeon 2600hd card I have recompiled the kernel for dri and atapicam. Also I have put polling in because I have a somewhat busy network here.
kernel configuration: enclosed
As you can see I have added some hardware but have stripped a lot from the generic kernel aswell, like nic's I'd never use, and such.
Please note that the hard drive led phenomenon happens with a generic kernel aswell. Thus, in my humble opinion, it must be a driver somewhere, maybe the ataraid driver, which is loaded automatically in the kernel ?
If anyone has a clue about this, please let me know. I know I am nagging about something cosmetic (the harddrives perform perfectly), but this light is sitting in my face the whole day and it's getting pretty annoying...
If you need anything else for info, I'd be happy to provide.
SO...ANYONE ?
Rick
I have a triple boot system with Windows XP 64, Ubuntu 9.10 64, and FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64.
When I boot in Windows or in Linux, the harddrive led on my panel acts as it should: Whenever there is disk activity it flickers, when there is none, it is off.
In FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE however, during boot up, the led turns on, and just sits there, (without flickering).
Now because it is working fine in Windows and in Linux, I suspect there is nothing wrong with the harddrive(s) themselves, but maybe it is a little bug somewhere. I have looked into the logs but I can't find anything related.
I have three harddrives in my system and 1 dvdrw drive:
Code:
ad0: 38172MB <MAXTOR 6L040J2 A93.0500> at ata0-master UDMA133
ad1: 38166MB <Seagate ST340016A 3.75> at ata0-slave UDMA100
ad4: 715404MB <SAMSUNG HD753LJ 1AA01109> at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s
acd0: DVDR <Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S/1.09> at ata5-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s
uname:
Code:
FreeBSD phenomium 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #2: Tue Apr 20 23:43:08 CEST 2010 root@phenomium:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PHENOM05 amd64
dmesg: enclosed
Since I have a dvd rw drive and a radeon 2600hd card I have recompiled the kernel for dri and atapicam. Also I have put polling in because I have a somewhat busy network here.
kernel configuration: enclosed
As you can see I have added some hardware but have stripped a lot from the generic kernel aswell, like nic's I'd never use, and such.
Please note that the hard drive led phenomenon happens with a generic kernel aswell. Thus, in my humble opinion, it must be a driver somewhere, maybe the ataraid driver, which is loaded automatically in the kernel ?
If anyone has a clue about this, please let me know. I know I am nagging about something cosmetic (the harddrives perform perfectly), but this light is sitting in my face the whole day and it's getting pretty annoying...
If you need anything else for info, I'd be happy to provide.
SO...ANYONE ?
Rick