Tony Rolfe said,
> Can someone explain (in words of one syllable, if possible) how
> one SCSI controller can recognise a hard disk and another SCSI
> controller simply doesn't know that it's there?
I can explain it in a word of three letters, GVP.
> I have an Oktagon 2008 SCSI controller, a Quantum 540 Meg HDD
> and an IBM 4.3 Gig HDD. Until recently, all was well.
> I bought a GVP A2040 accellerator and the SCSI recognised both
> drives but wouldn't use the PFS2 partitions on the IBM drive,
GVP controllers use a non-standard RDB, making it difficult to transfer
drives between them and other controller. The problem is most likely to
occur if you use GVP's prep software, stick with HDToolbox.
Cheers
Neil
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Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine
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