Re: Another Dumb IIgs Question

[Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1701@gmail.com>]

On Oct 16, 8:34 am, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> Pete PPP <pp1...@webtv.net> wrote:
> > >Its just the flashing light bugs me.
>
> > As Dave said, it's normal. But if it bugs you too much you can
> > deactivate the drive by selecting the driver icon (the one in the system
> > folder, not the one on the desktop) press Open-apple-I and tick the
> > appropriate box.
>
> That won't stop the 5.25" drive's select light blinking. As I said in my
> earlier post, it is caused by the system polling the 3.5" drive, and is
> a hardware issue with the way in which the drive select signals are
> implemented.
>
> Disabling the driver will prevent GS/OS trying to read the 5.25" drive
> when it is searching for a disk by name or scanning all drives for the
> next readable volume (which is horribly slow if there is a 5.25" drive
> available).
>
> > Reboot and you won't see the drive in GSOS but any P8
> > program will still have access. You can also use a program like IR to
> > start the drive "on the fly" if need be.
>
> If you will only very rarely need the 5.25" drive but don't want to
> unplug it, you can also set Slot 6 to "Your Card" in the Control Panel,
> which will prevent the 5.25" drive being available anywhere unless you
> change the setting back and restart.
>
> --
> David Empson
> demp...@actrix.gen.nz

Cool. Thanks for the quick answer! I don't mind the drive flashing, I
just wanted to make sure it was okay.

Regards, Josh