From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Nov 26 12:25:54 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 EBCAB37B401 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:25:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from segfault.monkeys.com (segfault.monkeys.com [66.60.157.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DCFE43E88 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:25:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.monkeys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87AA4225F; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:25:48 -0800 (PST) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from Adaptec 2940UW to 29160N - Problem solved! In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:15:11 +0100. <200211261815.gAQIFBnb058918@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:25:48 -0800 Message-ID: <88253.1038342348@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 <200211261815.gAQIFBnb058918@uriah.heep.sax.de>, you wrote: >"Ronald F. Guilmette" 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message