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From: mprevost@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Mike R. Prevost)
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Subject: Re: Dell Drive Array (DDA)
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Date: 3 Jan 1996 00:19:48 GMT
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In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, Mikhail Teterin (mi@aldan.star89.galstar.com) wrote:
: FreeBSD does, indeed recognize it as such. It even sees all the
: disks properly (I make 4 logical disks out of 9 physical ones).
: But when it comes to fdisk, aha(1:0:0) times out, aha-driver reports
: that "card does not take commands -- frozen?", init _dies_ kernel
: panics...

: 	-mi

We use a card called the Dell SCSI Array with Solaris x86 and we like it
alot.  It has a Adaptec 1540 emulation mode but I think someone will have 
to write a driver to make it work right.  It's a very nice card though.


--- Mike R. Prevost
    System Janitor