Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 19:02:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@rush.aero.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542 vs. 2940 geometries? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980427190053.1001A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804272106.OAA04938@anpiel.aero.org>
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On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Mike O'Brien wrote: > Do the Adaptec 1542 and the 2940 translate disk geometries differently? >My 1542 died and, not having a spare, we plugged a 2940 into the machine. It >didn't seem to work too well (like, things went nuts after trying to start the >boot program) so we were wondering if the 1542 and the 2940 use different disk >geometry translations? The 2940 requires DMA busmastering. Does your PCI bus support this? My 2940 works, but I can't boot from it because fo motherboard incompatibilities. Perhaps your problem is similar. What do you mean by, "Went nuts?" Thank you, | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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