Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 03 Jan 1997 13:11:16 -0500 | From | jamesh <> | Subject | Re: Adaptec AHA2940 |
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James L. McGill wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > > 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?
This has been the case for years. I worked for NCR before they were annihilated by the death star;) The story then was, you can interchange the drives as long as they aren't boot drives. I suspect that if that's still the case, you could re-install lilo?
-James
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