From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 12 08:12:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA02050 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:12:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02021 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:12:10 -0800 (PST) From: BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com (ccgate.infoworld.com [192.216.49.101]) by lserver.infoworld.com (8.7.5/8.7.3/GNAC-GW-1.2) with SMTP id IAA23247; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:09:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from ccMail by ccgate.infoworld.com (SMTPLINK V2.11) id AA847814742; Tue, 12 Nov 96 00:17:03 PST Date: Tue, 12 Nov 96 00:17:03 PST Message-Id: <9610128478.AA847814742@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" 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. Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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