Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 May 1998 01:47:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | Trevor Johnson <> | Subject | Re: IDE spin-up improvement? |
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> [Kernel checks for hdc] > - CDROM okay > [Kernel checks for hdd] > - hdd spins up (old Quantum 730MB, needs some additional seconds) > > > Isn^t it possible to send a little command to the IDE drives > causing them to spin-up some time *before* actually checking > the drives?
I use IDE (although I don't have an IDE CDROM) and my computer's hard drives spin up before Linux even starts (I boot it off an IDE disk, in fact). ___ Trevor Johnson
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