From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Nov 26 15:48:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D573237B482 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:48:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from segfault.monkeys.com (segfault.monkeys.com [66.60.157.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C2943E4A for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:48:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.monkeys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DF904225E; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:48:47 -0800 (PST) To: Nate Lawson Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from Adaptec 2940UW to 29160N - Problem solved! In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:04:52 -0800. Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:48:47 -0800 Message-ID: <89308.1038354527@monkeys.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , you wrote: >On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >> In message <200211261815.gAQIFBnb058918@uriah.heep.sax.de>, you wrote: >> >> >"Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: >> > >> >> So I bought a used Adaptec 29160N (Ultra160) off eBay, swapped out >> >> the old 2940UW and swapped in the 29160N. No go. Now the FreeBSD >> >> BootManager refused to boot from my one and only partition on the >> >> drive. It would just prompt me enticingly with that "F1" prompt >> >> but then just beep whenever I tried to hit return or the F1 key. >> > >> >Welcome to the wonderful world of the prehistoric "fdisk" table. >> >> Oh yea. >> >> But this is hardly my first encounter with the fdisk partition table. >> >> >I'm surprised that even different Adaptec controllers now start to >> >experience that geometry mishmash. >> >> Yes, it was damn surprising to me too. >> >> >Previously, this was only a known >> >symptom when migrating a disk from a Symbios Logic based controller to >> >an Adaptec one. >> >> Well, welcome to the wonderful world of Adaptec/Adaptec incompatability. > >What is the geometry reported by the BIOS (scsi select utility) and what >is the geometry reported by freebsd on boot for the drive? Please give >values for both the old and new cards. Too late. The geometry has already been changed, and I am _not_ swapping cards on this system again anytime soon. Sorry, but you are about 4 days too late to be asking these questions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message