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From: kreme@nyx.UUCP (The Lady in the Lake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Boot up with Hard Drive
Message-ID: <1966@nyx.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 90 10:56:23 GMT
References: <7502.apple.net@pro-angmar>
Reply-To: kreme@nyx.UUCP (The Lady in the Lake)
Organization: St. Edwards Guild (SEG)
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In article <7502.apple.net@pro-angmar> kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from nrunyon%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu
>By changing the SCSI ID#s around a little, you can get the GS to wait 3
>seconds before booting. This gives the the harddisk time to spin-up. It has
>been a while since I set up my drive, but I think I set the CPU SCSI to '2'
>and the drive to 1....but I am not sure..so CHECK YOUR MANUAL.

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WARNING
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If you set the computer's SCSI ID to 2 the machine WILL wait an extra four
seconds to boot.  This gives the drive time to spin up.  HOWEVER, it will do
this pause EVERY TIME YOU BOOT.  Needless to say, that can be annoying.