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- From: m.melton@uea.ac.uk (Mark Melton)
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- Subject: Re: SCSI question #4376:-}
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 20:39:10 GMT
- Organization: University of East Anglia
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- Jeff Grimmett <jgrimm@sdd.hp.com> wrote:
-
- >rdavis@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Robert Davis) wrote:
-
- >>I can't prove it, but I suspect the long wait to boot is
- >>something related to the Commodore SCSI driver, the removeable
- >>media drive (CD or writable), and their interaction.
- >>I have read that CDROM owners with other types of SCSI host
- >>adapters do see their systems boot swiftly without a disk
- >>in the CD drive.
-
- >Well, the same thing happens on several GVP controllers, so it's not just
- >the cbm scsi.device.
-
-
- The same thing "should" I belive happen on all SCSI systems. The SCSI
- bus shuld allow time for all devices on the bus to inform the host of
- their presence. The the ZIP drives etc will be waiting for a disk to
- be inserted. It is not until this is done that the drive reports
- itself as ready. The problem is I believe probably more related to
- the ZIP drive.
- SCSI busses behave in thsi way because back in the dark ages it could
- take some time for a drive to spin up and be ready for operation, so I
- belive that the SCSI bus is prepared to ba patient for up to 30
- seconds then gets on with things anyway.
- As for a solution, erm I know its inconvinient, but its exactly as old
- as the first method of stopping the floppy drive clicking! Leave a
- disk in the drive!!
-
- Mark
- M.Melton@uea.ac.uk
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