Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:48:47 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from Adaptec 2940UW to 29160N - Problem solved! Message-ID: <89308.1038354527@monkeys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:04:52 -0800. <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211261503340.87003-100000@root.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211261503340.87003-100000@root.org>, you wrote: >On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >> In message <200211261815.gAQIFBnb058918@uriah.heep.sax.de>, you wrote: >> >> >"Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> 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
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