Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:49:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, costa@inner.cortx.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sd0 timed out while idle Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970707154705.16975G-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <19970707214908.44376@mi.uni-koeln.de>
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On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Stefan Esser wrote: > On Jul 7, Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> wrote: > > Also, the ncr controllers are little finicky. They have a delay option > > that I had to increase otherwise it wouldn't wait long enough for the > > drives to spin up. But I only had this problem on cold boots (never on > > warm), and only with the ncr controllers. The Adaptec controllers seem to > > wait much longer by default. > > The "NCR controllers" ??? > They don't exist ... :) Sure do. Symbios has come down to my place and re-labeled my controlor, and until they do, it will remain a NCR810. > In fact, there are several independently developed BIOS > versions offered with the various brands of NCR chip, > and even my (2.5 year old) ASUS SP3G lets you specify > an additional power on delay ... I have a ASUS 3P3G too, and had to lengthen the delay for the 4 drives I put on the internal SCSI bus. ... > > Quatum drives are known to go on a holiday after some continuous use. > > Grand Prix drives are particularly bad. In fact, I think the Atlas is the > > only respectible Quantum drive. > > How about the quality of the Atlas II and the Viking ? > I don't really understand, why they offer two 7200RPM > drives, again. Reminds me of the Atlas/Grand Prix ... The writing is on the wall for the Atlas II, now that the Atlas III is available. > Regards, STefan > > Tom
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