[961] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Adaptec -> NCR
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen E. Shipman)
Sun Nov 17 16:07:31 1996
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 14:28:33 -0500 (EST)
From: "Stephen E. Shipman" <seshipma@wixer.syrinx.org>
To: Stephen Darragh <stephen@it.com.au>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199611171612.AAA15539@belgarion.it.com.au>
On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Stephen Darragh wrote:
> I've just installed an NCR53810 based host adapter (ASUS SC200).
> So far I've moved two of five drives from an Adaptec 1542CF (still
> also in the system to support the other three) to the new adapter,
> and I'm waiting on a Buslogic 958 to put the others on plus some
> new drives.
>
> Question: Why doesn't wasn't the system able to read the filesystem
> correctly when the drives went on the NCR? (I had to remake the fs
> and restore - which was a bugger since one of the disks was part
> of a striped array.)
>
> Will I encounter the same problem with the Buslogic
> adapter?
>
> ... Stephen
>
From DOS and NetWare experience I can answer your question with a
question: do your AHA1542CF and the BusLogic 958 share the same SCSI
chipset? If the answer is 'no' then you'll probably experience similar
problems. If the answer is 'yes' then you probably won't. Also, moving
drive around between SCSI adapters within the same chipset family is
usually not a problem. It may "all be SCSI", but no two controllers are
exactly alike.
- Stephen Shipman
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seshipma@syrinx.org
