Just thought I would reply to myself in case some thinks
I am off base:

The reason I do not have the array when I boot (install)
is because the adapter is not supported. It appears as if
the adapter is supported as far as being a regular ole
scsi adapter, but not raid.

Hmmmmmmm, short of software raid (which is why I have the hardware)
does anyone have any solutions?

Is this card (aaa-131u2) supported in openbsd? I couldn't
find a yea or nea on that model at their web site.

Mike
mgcon@getnet.com
http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
Phoenix, AZ
USA

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Mike Starke wrote:

> I do not profess to know much about scsi
> and array's, so I hope this isn't to dumb
> of a question:
> 
> I just placed a adaptec aaa-131u2 array card
> in a box; I also have two 18Gb scsi hard drives 
> in it.  I used the adaptec software to configure
> a array 1 (mirroring). Right now I am in the process
> of formatting the array.
> 
> When I boot to my debian cd, shouldn't the os
> just 'see' one hard drive (so to speak)?
> 
> I did all the above earlier, without formatting the array,
> booted to debain cd, and I was faced with both hard drives
> (sda & sdb), I began the install, partitioned sda (hoping
> this was the 'array'), and began the install. I noticed
> that data was only being written to the one drive. I then aborted
> the install, went back to the adaptec floppy, rebuilt the array,
> and I am now formating.
> 
> Guidance anyone?
> 
> Mike
> mgcon@getnet.com
> http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
> Phoenix, AZ
> USA
> 
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