SCSI Time-out
Pete,
I noticed that when I installed WB3.1 on my A3000, that the SCSI buss
device checking goes light-years faster. I used to get about 15 pulses to
my SyQuest drive (drive light flashes) but now only see one pulse before
Mr. SCSI passes it up looking for somebody else to pick on! I have done
what you are considering and have changed the time-out to 2 sec with no
problems.
The syncronous/asyncronous thing is there so you can get real ticked
off at Mr. SCSI when you play around with it <grin>. This flag is
something you would change if ALL your SCSI devices would support it and
then you would theoretically get more throughput on your buss. Of all the
hard drives I've played with, only the more expense, fast, large capacity
drives have supported this feature. I also remember some SuperInfoHwy
gossip about WB3.1 not liking this flag enabled but I don't know that as
fact since I didn't test it. I would recommend you leave this flag alone
if it is working the way it is set.
EdV