CompuServe Messages

Tim, The problem is that the SeaGates store the drive information on the drive itself…so until the drive is spun-up, self-checked and stabilized…it doesn't know what it is. Thus, when the SCSI driver goes out on the bus looking for devices…it ends up not seeing it…because nothing is there…yet. Battmem allows a longer wait for devices to come on-line, but with some drives…it's still not long enough. One solution is to externally power the seagate. Turn the drive on 5 or 10 seconds before you turn the computer on. Then, by the time the computer starts to look on the bus…the drive is there. Don