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- From: hendis@aix1.danadata.dk (Henrik Dissing)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Guru ROM boot delay
- Date: 05 Feb 96 19:51:42 +0100
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- On 04-Feb-96 20:20:01, David Oakes wrote:
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- >: As the manual explains, after a reboot the omniscsi.device scans the
- >: SCSI bus for about 15 seconds in order to identify all attached devices.
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- >: 1> rdbctrl
- >: Unit 000: LastLUN LastTarget.
- >: Unit 001: streamer.
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- >: Do you know any way that I can disable the delay?
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- > You did change the info with FaaastPrep or ExpertPrep, right? When I made
- > the setting change, I used FaaastPrep, then used the (slightly) modified
- > version of HDToolBox which was on the guru-rom disk, the C=/AT supplied
- > HDToolBox from OS 3.1 would try and rewrite the change anytime I used it
- > (HDToolBox doesn't have anywhere to set that info).
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- > The FaaastPrep flags to set for SCSI address 0 are Last LUN and Last Disk.
- > Maybe LastTarget isn't be the same thing as Last Disk?
-
- I just checked with ExpertPrep, and the "Last Disk" flag is set alright.
- And as I mentioned, it appears that the RDB isn't even read until after
- the delay. Therefore, I think it would have to be a jumper on the SCSI
- adapter or on one of the devices.
-
- But I take it that you have a Guru ROM as well, and that you don't
- experience the long delay?
-
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