10 Nov
2007
10 Nov
'07
10:22 a.m.
On Nov 10, 2007, at 10:00 AM, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
hello all,
i have an SGI indigo2 which ive installed a 2GB IBM hard drive in.
however,
from a cold boot, i receive a drive/cable error, and it asks me to
press any
key to continue. when i do, i press start system and it all comes to
life.
im assuming it takes longer for the drive to spin up than the indigo2
takes
to wait for the drive. is there a way to adjust this? thanks
Which drive? IBM has a number of 2GB drives, and I know definitely that
one of them (0664) doesn't work in a R3k Indigo at all. OTOH, SGI OEMed
some IBM drives, so it isn't all of them (the 0664 was originally from
a RS/6000 AFAIK).
The Hitachi site has setup sheets still for many old IBM drives - see
if there's a "spinup on power-on" jumper.