Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:01:19 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.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. Message-ID: <199611121801.KAA06690@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 12 Nov 96 00:17:03 -0800. <9610128478.AA847814742@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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>> 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.
That must be the key, then: the 1542 is the weak link in the chain.
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