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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!dciteleport.com!worldnet.att.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: aha 1522A today, 2940UW a month later Date: 5 Jan 1997 22:39:18 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5apaim$71p@raven.eva.net> References: <5aotit$1611@chenab.lums.edu.pk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com Cc: aslam@lums.edu.pk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33666 Sohail Aslam (aslam@lums.edu.pk) wrote: : This may be a trivial question: I have a segate 2GB SCSI disk attached : to an adaptec 1522A in a pentium machine. I want to install 2.2 BETA : 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. Even if you don't need to reformat the drive, I would backup the data anyway in case murphy@somethingwentwrong decides to get to your system first. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */