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Re: Micropolis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard N. Zubkoff)
Sat Nov 22 11:52:10 1997
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 08:48:31 -0800
From: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
To: groudier@club-internet.fr
CC: jhm@umr.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971122094833.618A-100000@localhost> (message from
Gerard Roudier on Sat, 22 Nov 1997 11:25:26 +0100 (MET))
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 11:25:26 +0100 (MET)
From: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
BTW, it is not possible to use either an Adaptec or a Buslogic with your
hard disk without having to repartition it, since the actual geometry used
is not in the range allowed for these controllers.
It's fairly easy to make a Linux-only disk that can be freely interchanged
among the BusLogic, Adaptec, and NCR/Symbios host adapters. If you disable
Extended Translation and use the 64/32 translation on the BusLogic or Adaptec,
then the disk will work properly and be bootable on all three. I use 64/32 on
all my disks for precisely this reason. I imagine this can be done using the
NCR/Symbios by telling FDISK the correct parameters.
Leonard
