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From: rcook@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Robert Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Hard Disk woes
Message-ID: <1991May3.011615.7171@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Date: 3 May 91 01:16:15 GMT
Sender: rcook@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Robert Cook)
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
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Originator: rcook@harriett

Sorry, this is with System 6.0.7

 
In article <1991May2.230817.6784@ncsa.uiuc.edu> rcook@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Robert Cook) writes:
>I'm having a problem with my (NEW) hard drive. When I first boot after being
>down for more than about 6 hours, the drive hangs while loading the inits.
>The select light stays on until I reset, then everything comes up fine.
>At first I thought: ok, init conflict, because it seems to happen while loading
>the same init everytime (by noticing which icon's are displayed and which ones
>aren't).  But since this only happens when the machine is "cold", I thought
>maybe "stiction".  But as someone pointed out to me, stiction went out with
>disco, and since I just bought this drive 2 weeks ago this "shouldn't" be
>the problem.
>So, my question is:  Can there be an init conflict only when a drive is cold
>                     and resolve itself after a reset?
>
>Since I can only play with the inits once a day (maybe twice if I stay up real
>late), an init conflict may take days or even weeks to figure out. 
>Oh, btw, it seems to hang right after Norton directory assistance and before
>easy acces and Norton filesaver.
>
>Any help on this is greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.
>
>System: Classic w/  4MB and Quantum Pro 105 (from APS)
>                    various assortment of inits
                     w/system 6.0.7
>                           
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