Subject: Re: Boot up speed From: spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) Date: Thu, Dec 10, 1998 9Ç17 Message-id: <10DEC199812174708@vax2.concordia.ca> In article "Anthony Politz" writes... >What should be the normal boot up speed for a IIgs ROM01 in fast mode, >using HS SCSI card and a 100meg Quantum HD ? I am averaging a 22sec >boot up to desktop with HFS drivers. No special startup init of NDA's > >Just wondering ? That is probably average/normal boot up time for that type of setup, although I can't tell you for certain as I don't own an Apple HS SCSI card or an older SCSI hardisk. I do remember when I had a 2.6 MHz system with an original Apple (Rev C) SCSI card and an Apple 20SC HD, boot up time with System 6.0 was just _slightly_ faster than booting from my 3.5 floppy drive. It is no surprise I sold the hardrive and controller after only about 1 week of use. :) With my current setup, consisting of RamFAST SCSI with 1 MB cache, 4500 RPM/10-12ms SCSI mechanism and a 15 MHz accelerator, I can shift-boot System 6.0.1 and have the Finder desktop appear in 4-5 seconds. It takes roughly 3 times longer to boot without a shift-boot, but I have two full rows of icons show up on screen during the "Welcome to the IIgs" screen. I only wish I had this kind of setup a decade ago, it certainly was painful waiting for ProDOS 16 to boot from 800K floppies. Ugh. Mitchell Spector spec@vax2.concordia.ca