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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Retromania on June 13, 2007, 04:26:11 PM

Title: 3.1 Roms and booting
Post by: Retromania on June 13, 2007, 04:26:11 PM

Hi Everyone

I read somewhere within the forum about an A4000 with 3.1 Roms installed taking longer to boot than an unmodified A4000, but now cannot find the link.  Can anyone confirm this is the case just for my own sanity?  Or have I got this wrong?

Thanks in advance

Retro

Title: Re: 3.1 Roms and booting
Post by: Bazzaq on June 13, 2007, 04:44:44 PM

3.1 roms take a bit longer to give the harddisk a bit more time to spin up.

Title: Re: 3.1 Roms and booting
Post by: Brian on June 13, 2007, 05:13:26 PM

With a drive on the IDE chain there's not a big difference. However if you do not have an IDE drive and do not use an "IDE killer" the 3.1ROM adds 30sec delay waiting for a noneexisting IDE drive before continue to try boot from a different device such as SCSI or Floppy.

Title: Re: 3.1 Roms and booting
Post by: Retromania on June 13, 2007, 08:09:42 PM

@ Bazzaq & Brian

Thanks Guys!

Retro