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Date:      Tue, 12 Nov 96 00:17:03 PST
From:      BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com
To:        "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
Cc:        Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com, rschof@mccomm.nl, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: After changing to an AHA2940 I can't boot the kernel. 
Message-ID:  <9610128478.AA847814742@ccgate.infoworld.com>

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> This is theoretically possible.  But in the Real World, I have never
> seen this happen, juggling drives between a BusLogic BT747s, a BT956c,
> an Adaptec 2940UW, and an NCR 53c810.  I think I mixed a 1542 in there
> a few times, too, but I'm not positive.

It depends on the geometry of the drive. The 1542 doesn't support the same
translation schemes as many of the others. I've had trouble moving between
1542s and 27xx's in the past, not to mention between 1542s and non-Adaptec
models.

--Brett




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