> Has anyone using the Plextor PX-EHxxL landisk hardware gotten the power > toggle switch to fulfill its intended purpose? > Under the original Linux-based OS, the switch would send a signal to the > OS to start a shutdown procedure and once properly shutdown, the OS > would then power off the device. > Under OpenBSD, this switch does nothing.
You need to sysctl machdep.kbdreset=1, for example by uncommenting the entry in /etc/sysctl.conf. See power(4) for details. Miod