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- From: adh@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Sun 424Mb disk doesnt spin up until boot time
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.114157.4519@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 11:41:57 GMT
- References: <janet.714982388@dunnart>
- Organization: AT&T
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- In article <janet.714982388@dunnart> janet@cs.uwa.oz.au (Janet Jackson) writes:
- "I have an external Sun-supplied Seagate 424Mb SCSI disk (one of the lunchbox
- "variety - Desktop Storage Pack, something like that).
- "This is connected to a SPARCstation 1 which has an internal Quantum 105Mb
- "SCSI drive.
- "
- "The external disk does not spin up when the system is powered on.
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- "Has anyone else seen this? Does anyone have any idea what's causing it?
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- some drives can be jumpered so that they don't spin up until they are
- accessed the first time. the idea is to spread out the startup load
- on the power supply.
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