jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> 
> On 31 Oct, Brian D Chase wrote:
> 
> > Some SCSI drives have a jumper to spin them up upon power-on.  I'm not
> > familiar with the RZ56, but you might try hunting down information on the
> > drives to see if they've got a similar jumper.
> http://theref.aquascape.com/hard_drives/layouts/hs_dec_rz5x.html
> says:
> Note: The RZ55 & RZ56 do not have a jumper for Spin-Up Option.
> They require a Host Adapter that automatically issues the SCSI
> Spin-up Command durring Boot-Up.
> --
Therefor I belive that the kernel has to issue some start command to
devices as it is probing the bus, RZ24 starts normally here but the
RZ56  does not.
Anders, could you look into this?

TIA
Thordur