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From: jackb@MDI.COM (Jack Brindle)
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Subject: Re: Making my mac wait for my hd to get up to speed?
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.232135.27864@MDI.COM>
Date: 21 Jun 91 23:21:35 GMT
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In article <4181@ux.acs.umn.edu> oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary) writes:
>In article <1991Jun21.163417.24604@MDI.COM> jackb@MDI.COM (Jack Brindle) writes, among other things:
>
>>In article <12145@hub.ucsb.edu>, 6600dayl@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Darryl "NOT Ug" Lee) writes:
>>>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. 
>>
>>I'm really not trying to flame the originator, but...  Can someone explain
>>to me just how a piece of code residing on the boot disk can be
>>executed before the boot disk is mounted? I suspect that this wierd
>>rumor started as part of an April fools joke.
>
>I think the delay is stored in the PRAM (default is 15 sec) and the original
>user was a bit confused, thinking it was a init instead of a utility that
>would change the delay.  Somebody posted to one of the Mac groups a few weeks
>back about this.  I wish I could remember which group it was or what utility
>to use :-(.  One solution that I do remember was to add more memory.  Not as
>cheap as changing the PRAM delay, but it is a solution.

Actually, what Darryl wants is a utility that will automatically mount
his external hard disk as soon as it is available. He doesn't want to
boot off it at all. The PRAM time won't help here since the Mac was able
to find a bootable drive to boot from, and is far along in the boot
process (no longer scanning the SCSI bus) when the 20 meg drive becomes
available. I solved the problem for myself by using the SCSImount cdev
(I think it's called) that allows you to mount and view drives. In my
case I don't mind manually mounting the drive. Darryl wants it to be
automatic. That's not too much to ask...

JackB.
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