From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:11:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:11:23 -0400 Received: from mail.cdlsystems.com ([207.228.116.20]:54289 "EHLO cdlsystems.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:11:13 -0400 Message-ID: <027001c12a5b$e5d29be0$160e10ac@hades> From: "Mark Cuss" To: Subject: Kernel Startup Delay Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:11:12 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Return-Path: mcuss@cdlsystems.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: mcuss@cdlsystems.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello! I am setting up a server with 4 SCSI hard disks, two of which I will jumper to have a delayed spin up as to not bake the power supply. These two drives will contain a striping RAID. I am concerned that the kernel will load off of the other drives and attempt to start this RAID before the disks have even spun up - is there a way to have the kernel delay its startup for a certain number of seconds while all the drives spin up? Any hints are greatly appreciated. Mark