Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:25:13 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 15...14...13...12 SCSI drives getting comfortable... Message-ID: <20020301192513.GA2147@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020301190706.A90951@drex.staff.izr.com> References: <20020301173532.GB421@raggedclown.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203011126030.7441-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <20020301190706.A90951@drex.staff.izr.com>
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On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:07:06PM +0000, Mark Drayton wrote: > Rick Hamell (hamellr@heorot.1nova.com) wrote: > > > Why does FreeBSD waut 15 seconds for SCSI devices to "settle". I > > > noticed NetBSD considers 2 seconds suffient to find the comfy chair. > > > > For older drives and controllers, especially Tape drives... I believe > > you can reset that in the Kernal. > > You can indeed: > > options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI > Oh, I know it is configurable, but being a curious sort of person I often wonder where these numbers come from, 15 seconds sounds like a lifetime in this context :). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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