Boot Problem

[matthew tebbens]

Thats what it was, I didn't configure the controller to send a
'start unit' to each of the drives.
It works great now.

Thanks!
Matthew


On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Mike Bilow wrote:

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> matthew tebbens wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
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>  mt> Anyways,
>  mt> If I turn on my system and the harddrives at the same time,
>  mt> the system will come to a halt as the 2940 looks at the
>  mt> first drive. Like it trying to access information from it,
>  mt> but it can't 'spin' it up.
> 
>  mt> BUT, if I boot my system first. Get past the 2940. Then
>  mt> power up the harddrives at the lilo prompt. 
>  mt> The kernel will spin up the harddrives with no problem,
>  mt> everything will work.
> 
>  mt> Why isn't the 2940 able to access the harddrives, or spin
>  mt> them up first ??
> 
>  mt> Does anyone have any information on this ??
> 
> You don't say what brand and model of hard drives you are using, nor whether
> they are configured to start on their own.  You also dom't say whether the
> controller is configured to send a "START UNIT" command to the drives, which is
> configurable in the Ctrl-A setup.
> 
> If your problem manifests before any operating system is loaded, then it
> obviously is not an operating system issue.
>  
> -- Mike
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