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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!bull.hkstar.net!usenet From: lewisyu@hkstar.com (Lewis Yu) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PCI 2940 Config (and NCR) Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 18:54:59 GMT Organization: Hong Kong Star Internet Limited Lines: 24 Message-ID: <42i633$kga@bull.hkstar.net> References: <4298im$h4@trauma.rn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: star36.hkstar.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:37011 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5695 >I recently installed a 2940 Host Adapter in my machine and am using >the default settings including "Extended DOS translation for drives >greater than 1 Gig = Enabled". I have a 2 gig SCSI drive with a 400 >meg partition (the first partiion) as DOS, a 1400 meg BSD partition >(FreeBSD 2.0.5) and the 3rd partition is FreeBSD swap. >The motherboard is an Opti Chipset P100 with 32 megs of RAM. The >2940 Bios is 1.11. >Shouldn't I be able to install the NCR host adapter by just plugging it >in the PCI slot on the MB? The machine won't boot completely and acts >like it's having problems with sector translation. How does the NCR >handle drives larger than 1 gig? This isn't mentioned anywhere in >the documentation. NCR doesn't complaint with Adaptec's ASPI, so, you need to re-partition and re-format the HD. When I switch form NCR to 2940w, I also need to do so. Rgds, Lewis.