Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 12:42:15 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, heric@aug.com Subject: Re: ASUS ncr scsi controller question Message-ID: <199603312042.MAA26591@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Apr 1996 06:10:03 %2B1000." <199603312010.GAA11131@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>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 ===========================================
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