Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:20:56 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade from Adaptec 2940UW to 29160N - Problem solved! Message-ID: <20021129202056.A59622@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <14343.1038596685@monkeys.com>; from rfg@monkeys.com on Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:04:45AM -0800 References: <2793220000.1038502309@aslan.scsiguy.com> <14343.1038596685@monkeys.com>
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:04:45AM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > In message <2793220000.1038502309@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". > > > >And you use a geometry of 255/63? That's just plain wrong. 8-) > > It is? > > Who says it is? Justin, who happens to work Adaptec, and has been one of the chief developers of the FreeBSD SCSI subsystem :-) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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