Re: Controller trashes FS (what's new)

Dale Weber (netman@dynaplex.net)
Sun, 26 Jan 1997 18:18:56 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Jon Lewis wrote:

> 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.

I've gone from an Always IN-2000 to both Future Domain TMC-1680
and UltraStor 14f with no problems.

8-Dale

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