On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Edward McKnight wrote: > Jason, > > I have Seagate and Quantum scsi disks, ~1G each. One of them, I'm pretty sure > it's the Quantum, spins up then down again during disk/scsi identification. I > don't consider it defective--I'm assuming that the driver is exercising > capabilities that the disk has. It spins up again a bit later and stays > spinning.
Hm, I haven't heard that with the DEC or Quantum SCSI disks we have at work, AHA controllers. Quite possibly though the controller might want to see if the disk can do a sleep mode. I wouldn't expect this from an IDE though. Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .