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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: SCSI PCI host adapter Date: 4 Sep 1995 03:36:20 -0400 Organization: Larry's Internet Server at home Lines: 23 Message-ID: <42ea9k$1sd@trauma.rn.com> References: <418r3m$9c6@trauma.rn.com> <1995Aug30.074902.1035@wavehh.hanse.de> <42846g$2e9@trauma.rn.com> <42crke$hg@reason.cdrom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rn.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36991 comp.os.linux.hardware:15228 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5686 comp.os.linux.setup:19628 In article <42crke$hg@reason.cdrom.com>, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >larry@rn.com (Larry Snyder) wrote: >>Shouldn't I be able to just swap cards and run using the default >>kernel with either the NCR or the 2940? > >Are you saying that you run both cards in your machine at the same time? >Some motherboards don't work very well with such combinations, and they're >just plain broken is the reason. Try this with a new ASUS Triton chipset >MB and you may find that your mileage varies significantly. > >If that's not the problem we're talking about here then I'd like >more details please. Tnx. I'm stating for example, if I installed FreeBSD using the 2940 controller, I should be able to remove the 2940 and install the NCR controller and be able to boot the machine and access the data on the hard driving using the NCR. Is this not correct? In any case, the data written (FreeBSD) with the 2940 not accessable using the NCR card (after removing the 2940 and inserting the NCR card in the PCI buss)