Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Adaptec AHA2940 | From | Joachim Paulini <> | Date | Fri, 03 Jan 1997 17:49:03 +0100 |
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.970103041233.349I-100000@fotd.netcomi.com> you write: > > >On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > >> Ive been using an AHA2940 for ages, and it works fine. However, there are >> some problems with changing SCSI adapters, e.g. a harddisk formatted with >> an Adaptec controller sometimes wont work with a NCR controller, and vice >> versa. > >b..b..b..b..But... SCSI is supposed to be interchangeable, a fundamental >goal of the interface design. This is alarming news. Is NCR or Adaptec >at fault? > >--
NCR (now Symbios Logic) controllers and Adaptec controllers format disks in different ways. However, NCR controllers are able to work with Adaptec-formatted disks, but Adaptecs are not able to work with NCR- formatted. You may reformat, but you lose your data.
-- Joachim Paulini | Institut fuer Theoretische Physik j.paulini@tu-bs.de | Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
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