Thanks for the offer, but I won't be able to make it to the meeting.  I was able
to make some progress by attaching an unused external SCSI drive to one of the
Adaptec cards.  I set up the partitions on the external drive how I'm gonna want
the array setup.  I'm hoping that I can then just dd one partition to another
after building a working kernel with the Mylex controller builtin.

> > So, give debian a try, never done it before, what the hell.  Download the
> > pdf of the install guide for x86, get the requisite floppies (rescue, root
> > and 4 drivers disks).  Boot the rescue floppy, insert the root floppy
> > when asked for.  After selecting my keyboard it asks me if there are any
> > modules I need to load to get hardware found, I say yes, feed it the
> > driver-1.bin floppy, it chugs for a second, then claims it can't mount the
> > floppy, tried feeding it the other 3 drivers disks, same thing, so I get a
> > blank one, remake driver-1.bin and try again, still can't load it.
> 
> You generally only need extra drivers/modules if debian doesn't
> automagically recognize your hard disk controller or ethernet card.
> Everything else can be fixed after install.
> 
> I can give you a woody install CD tomorrow night at the Sequoia meeting.