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From: steve@clara.net (Steve Rawlinson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Newer SCSI disk methods and BSDI support...
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 23:55:07 GMT
Organization: ClaraNET - Internet Service Provider
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David Buttrick <debut@mvp.net> wrote:

>Is fast wide SCSI II supported by BSDI 2.1.5???

>I realize that in general scsi receives commands, and then it is up to
>the controller and disk to perform them, but people around here insist
>that fast/wide SCSI II is unsupported...

>We have several spare fast/wide drives lying around, and I want to use
>one to serve our user home pages off my web server.

We use Adaptec wide scsi cards using a patch from BSDi (we run BSD/OS
2.1) but not in wide mode. We are told that new drivers are due for
release 'imminently'.

Steve


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Steve Rawlinson
ClareNet Ltd
steve@clara.net