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From: "Brett Glass" <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> Having said that, it still _seems_ that your drive is not behaving
> per the spec.

It seems to be. It does accept the command; it just says it's busy until
it has spun up. And the spinup takes less than 30 seconds.

> Then or now?

The reference to FreeBSD's configuration routines (as an example of
what other OSes should do!) will appear in the April 8 InfoWorld. It'll be
online that morning at http://www.infoworld.com/pageone/opinions/glass.htm.

--Brett