[Fwd: Problem (only on Linux) with SCSI Disk after installation of Windows 2000]

From: Dietmar Schnabel (dietmar.schnabel@aon.at)
Date: Sat Jun 17 2000 - 06:33:59 EDT

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    Is this a hidden feature of Window$ 2000?

    I have tried everything so far and it did not help yet!! Anybody having
    better ideas (except a low
    level format (if this helps at all?!).)

    Dietmar


    attached mail follows:


    Also maybe a sign that it didn't change anything in nvram is that it still
    shows '/dev/sda'

    Dietmar

    "Richard B. Johnson" wrote:

    > On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Dietmar Schnabel wrote:
    >
    > > Hello Richard
    > >
    > > I checked that option (name was not exactly the same) changed it but it
    > > did not help! Anyway this option only changes something (i believe) if the
    > > bios of the controller is activated. In my case it's deactivated as I
    > > don't want to boot. Look at the real strange boot messages (ID 3 is shown
    > > but not really detected!
    > >
    > > Regards
    > >
    > > Dietmar
    > >
    >
    > Yes. That's the clue. You should try wide/narrow, etc., anything that
    > Windows could have screwed up. When looking at the ID, it doesn't
    > come from the disc-platter. It comes from the disc-controller. I
    > don't think it's anything W$ wrote to the platter, but rather something
    > that it wrote to the Adaptec NVRAM.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Dick Johnson
    >
    > Penguin : Linux version 2.3.36 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
    >
    > "Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of
    > course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation
    > obtained from the Micro$oft help desk.

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