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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: solution to polling drives with 5.0.3
Keywords: GS/OS, 5.0.3
Message-ID: <48545@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Jan 91 00:57:04 GMT
References: <1991Jan6.190630.20953@cbnewsc.att.com>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Jan6.190630.20953@cbnewsc.att.com> suem@cbnewsc.att.com (susan.mc kinnell) writes:
>A few weeks back I posted a request for help because whenever
>I brought up a program under GS/OS 5.0.3 and tried to open a
>folder, my drives polled continuously. [...]
>                       Well, I found out what the problem was
>and figured I would post it in case it will help someone else.
>The problem arose because I have a habit of booting and testing
>new stuff with my hard drive *off*.

What hard drive interface card do you have?  I have seen somthing
similar to this before, and here's what was happening:  a SmartPort
STATUS call to the card was indicating that a device was available,
but when GS/OS went to actually read from that device, it got a
"device offline" error.  This is not very polite behavior for a
card, and it understandably confuses the system.
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