From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 27 16:26:37 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA14242 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 16:26:37 -0800 Received: from linux4nn.iaf.nl (root@linux4nn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA14234 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 16:26:28 -0800 Received: from uni4nn.iaf.nl (root@uni4nn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.33]) by linux4nn.iaf.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA01679; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:27:02 +0100 Received: by uni4nn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA06000 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:26:47 +0100 Received: by iafnl.es.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA01969 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4); Mon, 27 Nov 1995 23:42:41 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.6.11/8.6.6) id AAA00540; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:21:27 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199511272321.AAA00540@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: Translation Adaptec 1542 versus NCR810 To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:21:26 +0100 (MET) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511270750.IAA21813@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Nov 27, 95 08:50:53 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 933 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 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 _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------