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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
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Subject: Re: Rodime HD's & Amiga
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Date: 14 Dec 89 00:34:47 GMT
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In <2667@isc-br.ISCS.COM>, ricks@eagle.iscs.com (Rick Schaeffer 99) writes:
>If you are fortunate enough to have a second SCSI drive I believe that
>it would also be possible to access the Rodime by making it's SCSI unit
>number greater than 2.  I believe that the 2090A only Auto mounts the
>first two SCSI units (someone can correct me if I'm wrong!) and if
>this is true you should be able to Auto boot from the other drive and
>then Mount the Rodime in your startup sequence.  The critical factor
>is time...you have to give the Rodime drives sufficient time to finish
>initializing before first accessing them.

That might work. If it does, it will be because of the extra time taken to 'get
to' that drive. The 2090 does automount all drives attached if they have valid
information in RESn:

-larry

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