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We have encountered an awkward startup problem with some Seagate disks and
were wondering if it is unique to us or whether other people have seen it.

Here is the configuration:

   R4K Indigo (4.05F, of course) with 64MB of memory, a 1.2GB system
   disk on SCSI address 1 and 4 external Seagate Elite 3 disks (3GB each, 
   fast SCSI, on addresses 3 to 6 inclusive). The external disks are in
   a 19" rack mount tray, and the cable length is well under 6 metres.

The problem:

   If we power up the system and the Indigo at the same time, the power-up
   diagnostics wait for the disks to become ready. They do, the diagnostics
   complete without complaint, and then the system starts up. During startup,
   we get a complaint about one of the Elite 3's. On one occasion, the
   complaint was:

      dks0d6s7 Drive not ready, driver not ready, ASQ=0x2, Block # 0

   Subsequent reboots don't get the disk back. If, however, we power down the
   system and the disks, power up the disks, wait for the disks to be ready,
   and *then* power up the Indigo, the Indigo finds them all without
   complaint and all seems to be well.

On the other hand, if we take the very same disk string and attach it to
an R3K Indigo running 4.04B, it will wait for the disks after power up and
find them all without difficulty.

Is this a known problem? If so, is there a workaround? 
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John Hogg; hogg@ucs.ubc.ca; Computing Services, University of British Columbia