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#! rnews 1525 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!tezcat!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!newsout1.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.aa.net!usenet From: "brian wehrle" <brianw@aa.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: aha 1522A today, 2940UW a month later Date: 6 Jan 1997 06:49:29 GMT Organization: Alternate Access Incorporated Lines: 18 Message-ID: <01bbfb39$ef9752c0$abdc9dcc@bw.aa.net> References: <5aotit$1611@chenab.lums.edu.pk> <5apaim$71p@raven.eva.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lennon-c07.aa.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33682 > : on the SCSI disk. I have ordered a 2940UW to plug into a PCI slot but > : the card won't be here for another month. If I partition the disk > : and install 2.2 BETA, would I need to repartition and reinstall the > : system once I replace the 1522 with a 2940UW? My hunch is that I don't > : need to unless something card-specific goes into the disklabel. > > Most likely yes, you will have to backup and reformat the drive. I > suspect the 1522A and the 2940UW have differing translation schemes. Translation Schemes? For what ? I disagree on this, but if you could prove me wrong I would appreciate it. I don't see how two different models of scsi controllers would represent a disk to the BIOS differently. Brian Wehrle