jackg@pro-ldm.cts.com (System Administrator) (09/20/90)
I would like to purchase the new DMA SCSI, but I'm wondering if I need to reformat my hd to use the new card? I'm using a jasmine directdrive 80 with the older version SCSI card by apple. UUCP: crash!pnet01!pro-ldm!jackg INET: jackg@pro-ldm.cts.com ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-ldm!jackg@nosc.mil ProLine: jackg@pro-ldm 300-9600 baud (HST)
paul@nuchat.UUCP (Paul Hutmacher) (09/22/90)
In article <4539@crash.cts.com> jackg@pro-ldm.cts.com (System Administrator) writes: > I would like to purchase the new DMA SCSI, but I'm wondering if I need to > reformat my hd to use the new card? I'm using a jasmine directdrive 80 with > the older version SCSI card by apple. From what I recall the only time you have to reformat is when you switch from a CMS scsi card to an Apple or vice versa. The drive formats are somewhat different. I would suggest a backup prior to changing interfaces however. -- paul@nuchat.UUCP {uhnix1, uunet}!nuchat!paul paul%nuchat.uucp@uhnix1.uh.edu
jackg@pro-ldm.cts.com (System Administrator) (09/25/90)
In-Reply-To: message from paul@nuchat.UUCP In you response to my question about the need to reforemat my hd, it appears that most of the message was lost or something. I would still like to know if I need to reformat my hd, and also if any one has had there system lockup during boot with the DMA SCSI card in slot 7 and booting from slot 5? UUCP: crash!pnet01!pro-ldm!jackg INET: jackg@pro-ldm.cts.com ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-ldm!jackg@nosc.mil ProLine: jackg@pro-ldm 300-9600 baud (HST)
paul@nuchat.UUCP (Paul Hutmacher) (10/02/90)
In article <4644@crash.cts.com> jackg@pro-ldm.cts.com (System Administrator) writes: > I would still like to know if > I need to reformat my hd, and also if any one has had there system lockup > during boot with the DMA SCSI card in slot 7 and booting from slot 5? I reformatted mine when I switched from the CMS SCSI to the Apple DMA SCSI adapter. That's because the two interfaces used different formats on the drive. I also reformatted the other night because I wanted to change the interleave from the "mystery" interleave the High Speed SCSI disk left me with to a 2:1 interleave. The 2:1 that ADU leaves me with is slightly faster. Speaking of interleave, how does one go about getting a 5:1 or 7:1 interleave on the new DMA SCSI card? I can't find a utility that will recognize the DMA card. As for locking up, nope, it's never happened. -- paul@nuchat.UUCP {uhnix1, uunet}!nuchat!paul paul%nuchat.uucp@uhnix1.uh.edu