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From: leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc)
Subject: A3000 2nd HD wierdness
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.213620.4366@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Summary: Not always recognized on reboots.
Keywords: Huh?
Organization: University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: 27 Feb 91 02:36:20 GMT
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I'm having a strange problem with a 2nd hard drive I installed on my A3000.
When I power up (cold boot), I never encounter a problem.  However, when I
reboot (warm boot with C-A-A), every _2nd_ time, the drive doesn't
auto-mount!

Here's the pattern:
	POWER-ON	dh2: mounts
	reboot		no dh2:
	reboot		dh2: mounts
	reboot		no dh2:
	reboot		dh2: mounts
	...

Specifics:  I have KS 36.207, WB 36.68, on an A3000-25/50.  The hard drive
is a 90MB MAXTOR LXT100S.  The MAXTOR is the last device on the SCSI bus, so
I left the termination resistors in place and removed them from the 50MB
Quantum.  I used HDToolBox to tell the system that the device doesn't
support reselection (even though it really does), and I changed the setting
for the 50MB Quantum to turn off reselection (it was on).  I never
encountered this problem when the MAXTOR was on my A2000 (old GVP controller
with 40MB Quantum as 2nd device).

I haven't tried technical support yet, I thought I'd check the net for
similar experiences.

BTW, the drive works just fine when it auto-mounts (but I only get 450KB/s
with Diskspeed 3.1).

If anybody has any suggestion, please reply!
Many thanks in advance!

Marcel A. LeBlanc  --  Electrical Eng. Computer Group, Univ. of Toronto
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