Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Adaptec AHA2940 | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:50:41 -0500 (EST) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> > I've 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 won't 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?
Neither - this is universal in my experience. Moving from one model of controller to another OF THE SAME MAKE can suffer from the same problem. Can't say I know why though.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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