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- From: aa783@ccn.cs.dal.ca (David Oakes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: GVPscsiCtrl
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 21:26:18 GMT
- Organization: Chebucto Community Net
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- Dominique STRIGL (strigl@sxb.bsf.alcatel.fr) wrote:
-
- : Hi,
-
- : Could somebody ask me what are the differents option available on this programme ?
-
- : In the documentation I have, there are :
- : GVPScsiCtrl <unit number> DCOFF : Deconnect/Connect OFF : That's ok
- : GVPScsiCtrl -r : ???
- : GVPScsiCtrl -s : ???
-
- From the Combo-030 manual:
-
- -r : used with SCSI autoboot algorithm to rescan the SCSI bus for target
- devices that did not respond fast enough or that have not been connected
- (or powered on) at autoboot time. Since the GVP SCSI driver does not
- wait for slow devices to get ready if it has already recognized a
- bootable partition, this command should be inserted somewhere into your
- S:Startup-Sequence, so slow SCSI targets get a few more seconds to "wake
- up". This command can be issued at any time, it will also mount all
- partitions. Remember that having SCSI targets that are not currently
- powered-on connected to the SCSI might adversely affect the reliability
- of other SCSI devices connected!
-
- -m : without any options will scan all drives that are currently
- recognized by the SCSI driver and will try to mount all of the partitions
- (if this has not yet been done). It will return control to the CLI after
- it has finished this attempt, no matter if it has been successful or
- not. This is useful if you have booted a system with an empty
- removable-meium device and want to insert the cartridge later.
-
- -s : will do the same as above, but if it does not succeed in mounting a
- particular unit (e.g. because there is no cartridge inserted), it will
- wait until the user actually inserts a cartridge (this is also the
- default behaviour when GvpScsiCtrl is started from Workbench). This
- option is usually used by Workbench users in their S:Startup-Sequence to
- make the removeable-medium icon show up automatically the first time they
- insert a cartridge. The program will terminate as soon as all units have
- been mounted successfully.
-
- If GvpScsiCtrl has been started from the CLI and is currently waiting for
- a particular unit to become ready, it can be aborted by typing CTRL-C or
- -- if it has been Run in the background -- with the CLI command "Break".
- Use status to find out the process-ID of GvpScsiCtrl and then issue a
- Break command with this particular ID to terminate the execution.
-
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