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Is SCSI partitioning universally readable/writable?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lbliao)
Mon Apr 21 21:44:17 1997
To: mlist-linux-scsi@nntp-server.caltech.edu
From: lbliao@alumnae.caltech.edu (lbliao)
Date: 22 Apr 1997 01:40:35 GMT
Is SCSI partitioning universally readable/writable? Please confirm or deny!
If a SCSI hard disk is partitioned using a controller card, and the controller
card goes bad or is upgraded, then can the disk be read by another controller?
For example partitions were made using aha 1515, and not the card is 2940,
will it read the disk? Is there any portability to the SCSI disk or format?
Is there upward compatibility?
One reason for buying SCSI disk is that it can be externally connectable to
any PC which has a scsi card with working drivers. Then in the even that the
computer fails, one can take the disk and connect to any other working computer
with a boot disk that has the drivers for scsi installed. The disk would be
mounted and read. If the disk is not portable, then that defeats the whole
purpose and one of the major advantages of SCSI.
Specifically, I have had this problem with PCMCIA scsi card:
Article: 4655 of alt.periphs.pcmcia
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Subject: NEW MEDIA PROBLEM, SCSI DISK NOT SEEN
Date: 16 Apr 1997 16:50:48 GMT
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I have the new-media bustoaster SCSI II card, with cardsoft drivers and
also bt/btaspi and coreldrv utilties. I had an old scsi hard drive that
is recognised and read by the card, but a new scsi hard disk that I bought
and is seen by my desktop is NOT read by the card although it is recognised
by it.
can someone help out? please reply via email. This newsgroup is probably
the only source of help not that newmedia's tech support has deteriorated.
thanks a lot.
