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From: rsww@quanta.com (Ross S. W. Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Changing Controllers.....
Date: 8 Feb 1996 18:40:54 GMT
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Frank Kahle (frank@igs.net) wrote:
: I am trying to change from an Adaptec 1542 controller to an Adaptec
: 2940 controller.  However when I try to boot from the drives with the
: 2940, it says "MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM". Does anyone know of a way
: around this problem?

I had that same problem running 2.0.5. I switched from a Buslogic to
a 2940 and got that message. The only way to fix it was to backup,
low-level the HD using the Adaptec and re-install from backup. I
believe that the way partitions were created in 2.0.5 had a bug that
was fixed in 2.1 because I can now switch controllers without
encountering that problem.


Cheers,

Ross Walker