Kernel Startup Delay
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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.
You will find that the BIOS will wait for the drive spin up. I use 9 drives and power 'on' takes a few minutes. Additionally, the control electronics is active on the drives, which would delay any attempt to start RAID.
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