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- From: mpa@iig.com.au (Mark P Allen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: JAZ spindown and lost volumes?
- Date: 20 Apr 1996 00:55:01 GMT
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- On 16-Apr-96 09:14:45, Robin S.D. Jacobs wrote:
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- RSJ> SCSIutil by F.J. Reichert. Just create a script so every 15 minutes a
- RSJ> MOTOR ON command is send to the JAZ.
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- RSJ> I use:
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- RSJ> lab start
- RSJ> wait 10 min
- RSJ> cc:SCSIUtil -dsquirrelscsi.device 5 -m 1
- RSJ> skip back start
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- RSJ> And it never spinned down once (except when I power down ofcource ;-)
- RSJ> One minor drawback is that's possible you script executes the motor on
- RSJ> command just after you have pushed the eject button.
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- Would it help to make it:
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- lab start
- wait 10 min
- assign exists JAZZ: ;(assuming this is the volume or device name)
- if not warn
- cc:SCSIUtil -dsquirrelscsi.device 5 -m 1
- endif
- skip back start
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- Not perfect, but may reduce most of the risk.
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- ?
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- Regards,
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- Mark
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