From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Mar 31 12:42:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA26597 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 12:42:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA26591 Sun, 31 Mar 1996 12:42:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199603312042.MAA26591@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans cc: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, heric@aug.com Subject: Re: ASUS ncr scsi controller question In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 01 Apr 1996 06:10:03 +1000." <199603312010.GAA11131@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 12:42:15 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>Different controllers do sector translation in different ways, and >>sometimes reserve sectors for themselves. They're not always compatible. >>You might not be able to read your disk after you've changed controllers. > >SCSI controllers should be compatible. They can't remap sectors because >that is the drives' responsibility... > >Bruce The only time they are not is with boot devices where the BIOS geometry may change. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================