Re: Setting up RamFast/SCSI with iigs

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deckard@dsp.com (Brandon Corey) wrote:
>  I was wondering if anybody out there could help me..  I recently
>aquired a RamFast and a Quantum 100 meg hard drive for my iigs...
>Anyway, I got the RamFast used, and it had no manuals, and all the
>jumpers are set to off..  The Hard Drive I had is hooked up through an
>external case, but is all hooked up right, and is set to a SCSI ID of
>0...  When I boot the iigs (after the TransWarp thing loads), it gives
>me this message (the RamFast) saying that it's checking for SCSI devices..
>After about 30 seconds, it just boots the disk drives.. When I reset,
>it does the same thing...  When I turn off the computer and back on, it
>does the 30 second drive check thing..
>
>  Does anybody have any ideas?  Does anyone know where I'd be able to
>get a copy of the RamFast manual?  Any ideas at all?

As far as I can tell, what you've described is normal behavior for
a RamFAST.  It is supposed to sit around and wait for the drives to
spin up.

If your hard disk is an "instant on" drive, as some SCSI drives are,
then I believe you can disable this feature.

-Scott G.