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Rüdiger Wenzel
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:38 am Post subject:
changing SCSI-controller-brand |
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I consider changing my SCSI-controller Dawicontrol DC2980 U2W with LSI-chip
53c895 with an Adaptec 2940U2W. But I'm afraid my hdd, that is patitioned
and formatted with the DC2980, will not be recognized by the Adaptec, so
I'll have to re-partition and re-format the hdd, then re-install OS and all
my progs from scratch. Has anyone out there experiance with chancing from a
Dawicontrol to Adaptec, or from any other SCSI-controller with the LSI-chip
53c895 to an Adapatec 2940 U2W?
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Gregory Toomey
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:18 am Post subject:
Re: changing SCSI-controller-brand |
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Rüdiger Wenzel wrote:
| Quote: | I consider changing my SCSI-controller Dawicontrol DC2980 U2W with
LSI-chip 53c895 with an Adaptec 2940U2W. But I'm afraid my hdd, that is
patitioned
and formatted with the DC2980, will not be recognized by the Adaptec, so
I'll have to re-partition and re-format the hdd, then re-install OS and
all my progs from scratch. Has anyone out there experiance with chancing
from a Dawicontrol to Adaptec, or from any other SCSI-controller with the
LSI-chip 53c895 to an Adapatec 2940 U2W?
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Changing scsi controllers isnt a problem.
Changing scsi raid controllers can be a big problem.
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Eric Gisin
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:57 am Post subject:
Re: changing SCSI-controller-brand |
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Might have a been a problem ten years ago. I have never seen geometry change
between PCI SCSI adapters.
"Rüdiger Wenzel" <ruwenz@pr-ruwenz.hl.uunet.de> wrote in message
news:cmuc8q$903$1@online.de...
| Quote: | I consider changing my SCSI-controller Dawicontrol DC2980 U2W with LSI-chip
53c895 with an Adaptec 2940U2W. But I'm afraid my hdd, that is patitioned
and formatted with the DC2980, will not be recognized by the Adaptec, so
I'll have to re-partition and re-format the hdd, then re-install OS and all
my progs from scratch. Has anyone out there experiance with chancing from a
Dawicontrol to Adaptec, or from any other SCSI-controller with the LSI-chip
53c895 to an Adapatec 2940 U2W?
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Rüdiger |
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Folkert Rienstra
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:59 am Post subject:
Re: changing SCSI-controller-brand |
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"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@graffiti.net> wrote in message news:cn0b2102hl6@enews3.newsguy.com
| Quote: | Might have a been a problem ten years ago.
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It stopped once capacities grew to a size that CHS rules didn't allow different geometries for the same capacity.
| Quote: | I have never seen geometry change between PCI SCSI adapters.
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Those were available 10 years ago.
Early versions of Adaptecs 2940 and 3940 used 32 sector geometries.
Partitions on drives partitioned with newer bioses were not accepted
on the cards with older bioses.
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"Rüdiger Wenzel" <ruwenz@pr-ruwenz.hl.uunet.de> wrote in message news:cmuc8q$903$1@online.de...
I consider changing my SCSI-controller Dawicontrol DC2980 U2W with LSI-chip
53c895 with an Adaptec 2940U2W. But I'm afraid my hdd, that is patitioned
and formatted with the DC2980, will not be recognized by the Adaptec, so
I'll have to re-partition and re-format the hdd, then re-install OS and all
my progs from scratch. Has anyone out there experiance with chancing from a
Dawicontrol to Adaptec, or from any other SCSI-controller with the LSI-chip
53c895 to an Adapatec 2940 U2W?
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Rüdiger |
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