Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!primerd!tiger1!efeustel From: efeustel@prime.com (Ed Feustel) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Coherent doesn't like Maxtor 3280s Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 91 13:16:14 GMT References: <76796@bu.edu.bu.edu> Lines: 7 Nntp-Posting-Host: tiger1 The probable reason is not Coherent, but the fact that the 3280 takes so long to initialize itself. Its Z8 processor on board produces one of the longest initializations known! If there is a way to delay the command which tries to determine the characteristics for a second or so, my guess would be that it will work. Ed Feustel