From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Nov 27 13:22:33 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 CA37637B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:22:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from segfault.monkeys.com (segfault.monkeys.com [66.60.157.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20E9843E88 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:22:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.monkeys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A1942262; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:22:11 -0800 (PST) To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade from Adaptec 2940UW to 29160N - Problem solved! In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:57:49 -0700. <2270450000.1038416269@aslan.scsiguy.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:22:11 -0800 Message-ID: <1660.1038432131@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 <2270450000.1038416269@aslan.scsiguy.com>, you wrote: >> The only mystery that still remains after this whole ordeal is ``Why >> was it possible to boot from the mis-allocated partition back when I >> was using the Adaptec 2940UW, even though it was clearly _not_ possible >> to boot from the exact same bleedin' partition when using a newer and >> ``more advanced'' Adaptec 29160N ? > >Most likely because the setting for "extended translation" was not the >same on both controllers. Actually, it was. I am quite sure on that point. Both controllers had "BIOS support for disks > 1 GB" set to "disbled". I always set in that way for all of my *NIX systems. (And conversely, I always set it the other way for all of my Windoze systems.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message