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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:21:26 +0100 (MET)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Cc:        FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Translation Adaptec 1542 versus NCR810
Message-ID:  <199511272321.AAA00540@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199511270750.IAA21813@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Nov 27, 95 08:50:53 am

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> It seems that Wilko Bulte said:
> 
> > Quick question: is  the translation mode used  by a Adaptec 1542A (32 hd,
> > 64  sect or the other way  around (I always  forget)) the same as the one
> > used by a NCR810 ?
> 
> I'm afraid not... Last time I installed a disk in a friend's machine with a
> NCR, it used something like 33hd/63sect or 63hd/33 sect :-(
> -- 
> Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net

Hmmm, _very_ strange. I just crossed my fingers and tried moving the
disk from the Adaptec to the NCR. Worked right away.

So, it seems my translation is identical for NCR and Adaptec

Wilko
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