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- From: swartz@fraser.sfu.ca (Norman Swartz)
- Subject: Changing timeouts on Drive A
- Message-ID: <swartz.725588494@sfu.ca>
- Summary: How can I shorten the timeout on Drive A?
- Keywords: timeout drive
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:21:34 GMT
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- I do not know whether these questions belong in this group or
- not; if not, please direct me to the correct group.
-
- I am running MS-DOS 5.0 on a 386DX-33mHz cpu with an AMI bios
- dated 08/15/90. Drive A is a 360K 5.25"; drive B, a 1.4 meg
- 3.5"; and Drive C, 120 meg. The version of SMARTDRV used is
- smartdrv.exe, dated 3-10-92, included with Windows 3.1.
-
- If I attempt I/O to drive A without the drive being ready, it
- takes approximately 85 seconds for the timeout to occur and an
- error message returned. But if I attempt I/O to drive B without
- the drive being ready, the timeout is virtually instantaneous,
- viz. just 1 or 2 seconds.
-
- 1. Is there some rationale for having such different
- timeouts? Is there some good reason for having a long
- timeout on Drive A?
-
- 2. Where are the timeouts set? - in the drives themselves?;
- in CMOS?; in DOS?
-
- 3. If there is no good reason to have a long timeout on Drive
- A, is it possible to change that timeout, in particular to
- shorten it from 85 seconds to - let's say - 3 or 4
- seconds?
-
- 4. If so, HOW?
-
- If you answer publicly to this newsgroup, would you please also
- send a carbon copy to me directly (just so I'll be sure to get
- your reply [a little redundancy can be a good thing]). Thanks.
-
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