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SubjectRe: Controller trashes FS (what's new)
DateMon, 27 Jan 1997 09:36:27 -0500
FromTravis Woodbury <>
> On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Mike Kilburn wrote:
> 
> > It was my understanding that you must re-format your
> > drive when switching SCSI controllers. 
> 
> Depends what you're switching from/to.  Some cards will deal with
> geometries used by others.  NCR's for instance can take over after you've
> started with an Adaptec, but I don't think you can go the other way.  I
> wonder if a Buslogic can take over for an NCR...I'm considering trying
> that.

I switched our server from an NCR 53c810 to the Buslogic 958 about three weeks 
ago and have had no problems.  Both seem to be very fast and stable 
controllers.  

-Travis Woodbury
Real World Interface


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