Return-Path: Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net by mailstore for errol@emcomp.demon.co.uk id 892228649:15:25642:0; Fri, 10 Apr 98 17:17:29 GMT Received: from joan.woden.com ([194.154.52.6]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa1214299; 10 Apr 98 17:17 GMT Received: from studio.woden.com (studio.woden.com [194.154.52.60]) by joan.woden.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA11867 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 18:10:01 +0100 (BST) From: Simon N Goodwin To: Errol Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 18:17:45 -0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: YAM 1.3.4 [040] - Amiga Mailer by Marcel Beck Organization: Silicon Studio Ltd. Subject: Re: I'm very puzzled MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain On 10-Apr-98, Errol wrote: >Hi Simon, >Guess what! Erk? You've got paid? No, that'd be amazing and baffling not just puzzling... >Your floppies have just arrived! Post on a good Friday?!?! Bizarrro! But I'm glad, as although the Amiga-OS FPU feature stuff is in one place there's lots of other bits and pieces for Qdos and Samplitude which I'd have to pull in and check for completeness. But now, I guess, I don't have to. I'll allow more time, next time, or try to anyway. >Guess the panic is over! Indeed. Please advise of deadline promptly for next panic.... ;-) >Errol As regards the SCSI (I assume) startup problem, it's because you have added a device to the SCSI bus and the total scan time exceeds the patience of the Kickstart initialisation. It is OK later because part of that time is spin-up time for one of the HDs, and that's a lot shorter (minimal) once it's spinning at the right speed. I assume you're using KS 3.1 already - if not, upgrade and the problem should go away as it allows more startup time. You can stop the CD ROM holding things up during boot time (assuming you NEVER want to boot from it!) by setting it to a relatively high ID (a good idea anyway, 6 is often best) and then setting the LAST_ID flag in your boot partition (on a low number ID, e.g. 0...) to something lower than that, but high enough to ensure that all bootable devices are scanned. You need RDB_PREP software to do this; the exact choice depends on your interface but Aminet has various options, and GVP and Phase 5 software already has a relevant option. I hope this helps. Simon > >+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| Developing award-winning CD-ROMS for the Amiga and PC | >| CD-ROM compilers for Amiga Format magazine | >|-------------------------------------------------------------------| >| | \|/ | | >| 8 Edith Road, | @ @ | Tel: +44 (0)1255 431389 | >| Clacton, |-----oOO-(_)-OOo-----| Fax: +44 (0)1255 428666 | >| Essex. CO15 1JU | | cdrom@emcomp.demon.co.uk | >| United Kingdom | E.M.COMPUTERGRAPHIC | www.emcomp.demon.co.uk | >| | | | >+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Cheers, simon@studio.woden.com AKA simon@silicon.studio.co.uk