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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:13326 comp.periphs.scsi:26358 comp.sys.next.hardware:13560 comp.os.linux.misc:28942 comp.os.linux.help:63902 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3993 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14273 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!saul1.u.washington.edu!szamos From: szamos@saul1.u.washington.edu (Janos Szamosfalvi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: SyQuest SQ3270S for Data Exchange? Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Date: 6 Nov 1994 05:55:37 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 14 Message-ID: <39hr4p$avt@news.u.washington.edu> References: <CyrpHu.2FB@prz.tu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: saul1.u.washington.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thomas Wolfram (wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : Hi, : I would like to use my SyQuest SQ3270S, i.e. the cartridges, : for exchanging data. Sounds natural but what happens if : different SCSI controllers in the different computers are : using different heads/sectors translation schemes (e.g. : Adaptec controllers make every SCSI disk to appear to have : 64 heads and 32 sectors, but not all SCSI controllers : do the same) and this information is stored in any way in : the respective partition when it's formatted? I've used the my SyQuest with 3 different HA`s (ST01, TMC-850 MER, TMC-1680) and it worked fine when I had the driver installed.