Hey, I have installed a GVP HD8+ SCSI hard disk controller with my (1MB Chip) Amiga500. The GVP unit has 8mb of Fast RAM installed, and is using a ZuluSCSI as the drive.
I know SCSI 1 and an 68000 are not super fast, but with this device and a ZuluSCSI, it takes 2 minutes to boot into OS 3.2!
Is this normal? An issue with OS 3.2 maybe, is this in any way bloaty? Aimed more at a 68020+ machine?
I have watched a BlueSCSI on the same controller, and it literally appears to do NOTHING for the first minute of the boot. There is a flutter of HD activity when switched on, then nothing. Then around the 1 minute mark it springs into life and starts booting. Roughly 20 seconds before it boots it seems to stop again, waits for 15 seconds and then a small 5 second flurry and Workbench appears.
Anyone with any good tips as to how to configure this machine better?
Any help appreciated
