Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:15:08 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Drew C Morone <drew@j51.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving SCSI drives Message-ID: <199610241915.MAA15455@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Oct 1996 13:13:54 EDT." <199610241713.NAA16585@j51.com>
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>I want to move my Quantum PD1800 from a computer with an NCR controller >to one with an Adaptec 2940 controller. >When I do this, I get the old F? problem or "Missing Operating System" >which I suppose has to do with an incompatible geometry with the Adaptec >controller. I've tried toggling >1 gig translation but get the same >thing. Are there any other things I can do in the setup to get the >Adaptec to recognise the OS? If I put it back on the NCR it works fine. > >Drew You will not be able to boot from it unless you back up the dat, change the geometry, and restore the data. If you want to use it as a non-boot drive, you should have no problem as FreeBSD uses LBA to access the data and LBA is geometry agnostic. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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