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Date:      Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:37:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Spike Gronim <spork@cncn.com>
To:        "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@rush.aero.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec 1542 vs. 2940 geometries?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980428163655.244B-100000@pigstuy>
In-Reply-To: <199804272106.OAA04938@anpiel.aero.org>

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On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Mike O'Brien wrote:

> 	Do the Adaptec 1542 and the 2940 translate disk geometries differently?
> My 1542 died and, not having a spare, we plugged a 2940 into the machine.  It
> didn't seem to work too well (like, things went nuts after trying to start the
> boot program) so we were wondering if the 1542 and the 2940 use different disk
> geometry translations?
> 
> Mike O'Brien
> 

The 2940 uses a different driver than the 1542. Are you running a custom
kernel? try booting kernel.GENERIC 

	-Spike Gronim
	 spork@cncn.com	


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