Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!mips!apple!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben From: ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: Faster boot with AHA 1542 SCSI controller? Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 12:35:53 GMT Article-I.D.: epmooch.ben.3234 References: <1992@styx.sta.sub.org> Organization: Elvis Presley Museum Of Obsolete Computing Hardware Lines: 21 In article <1992@styx.sta.sub.org> stimm@styx.sta.sub.org (Stefan Timm) writes: >Is there a way to shorten the boot time on a machine with an Adaptec SCSI >controller? On my machine it takes almost a minute, an ESDI machine with >the same autoexec and config is up in less then 15 seconds. This is normally done to give SCSI drives time to spin up and come on the bus after internal diagnostics and such. For instance, a drive with a 256KB cache, like some Wren VII's, has to do a memory check and such... So try to think of the delay as your friend; checking your hardware before your computer gets to by attempting to use it. A minute out of your day is not much to ask... >-- >Stefan Timm >E-Mail stimm@styx.sta.sub.org -- | ben@epmooch.UUCP (Ben Mesander) | "Cash is more important than | | ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | your mother." - Al Shugart, | | !chinet!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben | CEO, Seagate Technologies |