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Re: 2.0.33: sr not ready status

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Balazs NAGY)
Fri Mar 6 16:11:22 1998

Date: 	Fri, 06 Mar 1998 19:57:33 +0100
From: Balazs NAGY <nagy@ibm.net>
To: Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
CC: Dave Wreski <dave@nic.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu

Ulrich Windl wrote:
> 
> On  5 Mar 98 at 20:12, Dave Wreski wrote:
> 
> >
> > > In HP-UX, a UNIX I know rather well, the OS will wait several seconds
> > > for CD-ROMs, DAT tapes loading, disc drives spinning up, etc.
> > >
> > > I can't see why it is not possibly in Linux, or is it just
> > > inoperational, and nobody has noticed it.
> >
> > > In case it matters: I'm using an PCI AHA2940 (single ended, fast).
> >
> > I think it does matter, because I have this same problem, and its annoying
> > as hell.  Someone told me it could be due to the type of CDROM I have.  In
> > case someone wants to know:
> >
> > Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
> >   Vendor: TOSHIBA   Model: CD-ROM XM-5701TA  Rev: 0167
> >   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> 
> Yes, I also have an older Toshiba XM-5?01TA, where '?' is '4' I think
> (quad-speed). Sorry, the drive is at home, and I'm bad in remembering
> model names.
> 
> Ulrich
> 
same problem on brand new Pioneer 32X SCSI2, when it's in "sleep"
Linux doesn't wait till the CD "wakes" up... can anyone help?

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