Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:40:22 -0800 (PST) From: bmk@dtr.com To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Translation Adaptec 1542 versus NCR810 Message-ID: <199511280640.WAA00603@dtr.com> 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 :-( I suppose that it's dependant on physical drive size or phase of the moon. It worked here when I upgraded from a Buslogic 445 (which uses the same translation as Adaptec 1542) to an NCR810. Go figure.
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