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From: 6600dayl@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Darryl "NOT Ug" Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Making my mac wait for my hd to get up to speed?
Keywords: HD hd hard drive Hard Drive wait Wait mount Mount
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Date: 20 Jun 91 17:25:39 GMT
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ok, i've searched through my listings of umich archives, and of the
local bbses around town, and i can't seem to find it.

i remember hearing about an init that would make my computer wait to
boot until my slow (CMS 20 meg) hard drive was up to speed. That way i
can stop using the stupid scsi control panel device to mount it. (i'm
trying to get my 2si to run off of a single switch--the power key on
the keyboard.)

i've tried wiring (sic) Quickkeys (v.1.2.1) and the Quicktimer cdev 
to activate the Mountem FKey (v. 1.5) at startup but it doesn't work because 
Mountem seems to be flakey w/ my sys.  it's done very strange things to my 
hard drive that have required me to rebuild the desktop.

i'm running a 2si w/ 5 megs, 40 meg internal, 20 meg cms, logitech
scanman (16) plugged in at the end of the scsi daisy chain (so it had
to be on for the hd to be recognized at all), system 6.0.7 (i'm
anti-seven until i have all the upgrades), and a BUNCH of inits/cdevs
that i'd love to tell you all about, but don't want to take up any
more bandwidth...

oh yeah...one other question, while i'm here remembering it.  i've
jerry-rigged an old ibm video extension cord (like a power extension
cord for an ibm) so that the three-pronged ac output from my si is turned 
into a double socketed ac outlet (it's actually an old wall socket
that i had lying around). i had to rig this up because i bought a 12"
monitor (darnit, i should have waited for the pivot!!) it only has a 
regular ac plug, and i KNEW that the power supply could handle a 13"
monitor, so i just converted the plug. But should i be doing this with
two devices (it'd be nice to have a one-switch system)? Is the power
output plug a straight through AC that is only switched on by the
computer, or, does it actually go through the power supply?

i.e.--can i continue doing what i'm doing w/o fear that someday my
computer will blow up from overload?

thanks a lot...				Darryl Lee
					6600dayl@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu