dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) (08/15/90)
While moving my hd around yesterday, I became worried about how it gets parked. I have a Quantum PowerDrive 105meg drive, which is intended for Mac (well, it was) usage. The little manual for the Mac software stated that you should always use the Quit option from the Finder because it parks your heads on your hd for you. This is the only mention of parking in any of the books which came with the drive. So my question is: Does the GS Finder (5.02) Quit option actually park your heads? My drive is so quiet that I can't tell if it's parking or just closing some files (I'm not bragging here, folks, you really can't hear this drive unless you put your ear up to the cooling vents). If the Quit option DOESN'T park my heads, is there a generic program somewhere that does this? I tried the one in SCSI Hacker, but it gives me some error (like $2b or something). I would really like to make sure my heads are parked before I let UPS ship it back to LA for me. :| Those guys really know how to thrash equipment. Thanks, Dale dalel@servio.SLC.COM
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (08/19/90)
In article <635@servio.UUCP> dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) writes: >[...] >So my question is: Does the GS Finder (5.02) Quit option actually park your >heads? No, but it does shut down all the GS/OS drivers. If you have a loaded driver for your hard drive, it could park your heads at shutdown time. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) (08/21/90)
In article <44082@apple.Apple.COM>, dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) writes: > In article <635@servio.UUCP> dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) writes: > >[...] > >So my question is: Does the GS Finder (5.02) Quit option actually park your > >heads? > > No, but it does shut down all the GS/OS drivers. If you have a loaded > driver for your hard drive, it could park your heads at shutdown time. ^^^^^ Do you mean that it 'could' park the heads, or 'would' park the heads? Or maybe 'will' park the heads? I'm using the SCSI drivers that came with the DMA SCSI card and utilities. Do those drivers support parking? > David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems > Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 > Dale LaFountain dalel@servio.SLC.COM dalel@servio.UUCP
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (08/21/90)
In article <647@servio.UUCP> dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) writes: Ly> [...] If you have a loaded Ly> driver for your hard drive, it could park your heads at shutdown time. >Do you mean that it 'could' park the heads, or 'would' park the heads? Or >maybe 'will' park the heads? I'm using the SCSI drivers that came with the >DMA SCSI card and utilities. Do those drivers support parking? I meant "could," meaning it's possible for the driver to park your heads, but I don't know of any actual drivers that do. Apple's SCSIHD.DRIVER doesn't, since I believe Apple's hard drives park themselves automatically while they're spinning down. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) (08/22/90)
In article <44121@apple.Apple.COM>, dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) writes: > In article <647@servio.UUCP> dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) writes: > > Ly> [...] If you have a loaded > Ly> driver for your hard drive, it could park your heads at shutdown time. [More conversation about how no known SCSI drivers park heads, and the Apple HD parks itself automatically ...] And so I'm back to my original question: How does one park the heads on one's hard drive? Does anyone know if the Quantum POWERDrive parks itself automatically? I know that 'most drives made in the last three years park at shutdown,' but I need a DEFINITE answer before I hand it over to UPS next month. The accompanying manual for the drive was written for Mac users, so is in baby-ese. It says to always quit from the (Mac) Finder, because that is how it parks itself. Not much help. Please help, or I will have to resort to calling the company, who will probably know much less about the GS that I do. > > -- > David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems > Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 Dale LaFountain dalel@servio.UUCP dalel@servio.SLC.COM