Messages in this thread |  | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Controller trashes FS (what's new) | Date | 28 Jan 1997 09:37:16 -0800 |
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In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.95.970126230443.1402A-100000@devel.conexio.co.za>, Mike Kilburn <mike@conexio.co.za> wrote: > > >It was my understanding that you must re-format your >drive when switching SCSI controllers.
It depends on the controller and (I think) if you've enabled any scheme for DOS >1gb addressing. I pretty routinely shuffle disks between a variety of BusLogic 94[68], Adaptec 2940, Adaptec 154[02][BC[F]] and NCR 810 controllers and don't recall ever having any trouble with them. The caviat is that the boot disks are almost always <1GB in size and I nevernevernever enable the DOS translation on them.
The 'Controller trashes FS' problem sounds like a problem I had a couple of years ago where I was drawing too much power from the power supply, and when something heavy-duty kicked in disks would start dropping offline, with hilarious consequences.
____ david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.chi.il.us \/
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