> I guess it will depend a lot on the hardware you have, but you probably > want to try one or both of 'camcontrol stop' or 'camcontrol eject' before > pulling the drive. One of these should spin the drive down and leave it > in a safe state to be removed.
this is exactly what i was looking for...thanks > I assume you're in a position to try a few things out before you put this > machine into production? of course. just needed a starting point(camcontrol) and will test further from there. thanks again for your help --luke _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"