Re: Controller trashes FS (what's new)

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Sun, 26 Jan 1997 16:19:55 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Mike Kilburn wrote:

> It was my understanding that you must re-format your
> drive when switching SCSI controllers.

Depends what you're switching from/to. Some cards will deal with
geometries used by others. NCR's for instance can take over after you've
started with an Adaptec, but I don't think you can go the other way. I
wonder if a Buslogic can take over for an NCR...I'm considering trying
that.

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