The problem is due to missing driver for AIC-78xx adapter, which would be naturally provided by the SUNWcadp package in Solaris. However, we realize that we cannot redistribute such a package because it is not currently part of OpenSolaris. A solution to this is currently under review.

The newer AIC789x series Adaptec chips are supported under the CAM SCSI framework which made it's debut in 3.0. Patches against 2.2-STABLE are in ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/. A CAM-enhanced boot floppy is available at http://people.FreeBSD.org/~abial/cam-boot/. In both cases read the README before beginning.

You need the IBM CD Rom driver and ASPI4B.sys to do this. Two places to get info are http://62.253.119.146/ohland/FAQ/CDROMII.html#W95_Boot_Hack which has Dos and W95 autoexec.bat and config.sys examples, and http://members.aol.com/mcapage0/problem1.htm#probl06 which has the more involved method. Do you need IBMCDROM.SYS and ASPI4B.SYS (email me)? This way you can get the device drivers and edit the autoexec and config yourself without finding or creating a 720KB floppy...

If you don't have any SCSI devices attached to your Buz, or you don't use them from DOS, there is no reason to put up with the long "Iomega Jet SCSI" BIOS sequence. This is where the machine probes the Buz SCSI bus for devices at boot time, before Windows starts. To disable this boot-time probe, remove the EPROM on the Buz! The 64k EPROM on the card contains the BIOS boot code for the SCSI controller. If you don't have SCSI devices, you don't need it.

There are 2 general ''versions'' of the 742a card. They are hardware revisions A-G, and revisions H - onwards. The revision letter is located after the Assembly number on the edge of the card. The 742a has 2 ROM chips on it, one is the BIOS chip and the other is the Firmware chip. FreeBSD does not care what version of BIOS chip you have but it does care about what version of firmware chip. Buslogic will send upgrade ROMS out if you call their tech support dept.

This is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board SCSI controller in the HP Netserver machines occupies EISA slot number 11, so all the ''true'' EISA slots are in front of it. Alas, the address space for EISA slots >= 10 collides with the address space assigned to PCI, and FreeBSD's auto-configuration currently cannot handle this situation very well. So now, the best you can do is to pretend there is no address range clash :), by bumping the kernel option EISA_SLOTS to a value of 12.

This is a tough one to answer, instead we have made a performance Matrix that gives comparative analysis of drive performance parameters and features with their prices, so that an accurate decision can be made based on performance / price comparisions.

Yes with many wind controllers! If your wind controller can generate a MIDI OUT signal via batteries then a device such as the Midi Jet Pro or Kenton MidiStream wireless MIDI systems are a proven reality. We recommend the Midi Jet Pro since it is smaller, costs less, has longer battery life, and multiple frequencies. There are some cheaper systems out there but they suffer from a severe lack of usable range and other important features.

Yes you can. I have successfully used the 4020i with an Adaptec 1542CF controller. The only change that I had to make was in the SCSISelect utility. Upon getting into SCSI select, you will need to select Device Configuration. Then go to the ID that the 4020i is on (default = 2). Where it says YES for FAST SCSI, change it to say NO. If you attempt to burn CDs when this is set to YES, you will run into mysterious Buffer Underrun Errors. I don't know why this causes buffer underruns, but it do...

No, all hardware components of our rented servers are property of Crucial Paradigm. If you wish to have an upgrade you will rent the hardware from Crucial Paradigm and we will install it.

Long anwer: it depends on how much you are willing to spend. A single wall controller for all the zones will cost about $150-200, which is comparable or less than "professionally istalled" one, a simple room controller will cost much less, but it was not spec'd yet. Ask yourself a question: do you really need a wall controller? How often do you use your TV's control panel? All of them now come with remotes...

Yes, PC’s with a PCI bus on their motherboards can take advantage of Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD) drives. You need a PC Ultra 2 SCSI controller to connect the drive. The data Xfer rate of a disk drive is one important parameter in the overall storage subsystem’s performance, but the data bus (50 Mhz, 66 Mhz, 100 Mhz), carries the data from the drive to the CPU. Microprocessor clock speed , SCSI controller support of a particular drive interface, Ultra SCSI, Ultra 2 SCSI etc.

No, Ultra 2 SCSI drives are platform independent. Most of the workstations running UNIX have a SCSI 68-Pin connector or an 80-Pin SCA connector, you can install directly, internally or externally.

This is included here because it's a Frequently Asked Question, but... it's completely nonsensical. The Buz is a SCSI controller, not a SCSI target device (like a tape drive or hard disk). If you're asking this question, you probably have a misunderstanding of how the Buz device looks and works. And now, for the technical nit-picking..

This item covers adding a third party SCSI drive to a 3B2 only as additional partitions to the ones on the internal MFM disks. Another item in this FAQ discusses uses a SCSI disk for the root and swap partitions as that is a considerably more involved procedure.] The hardware installation is relatively simple. The SCSI address of the disk must be set via jumpers. If the disk being added is the first outside disk for the 3B2 then the you must use an "AT&T SCSI Connect Kit".

How to install more than one wiki on a single server, using the same source code, and using the same database (v1.5.1, May 2006)

Yes, MediaWiki can be installed multiple times in different directories using either the same database with a different set of table prefixes (configurable upon install) or using different databases altogether. Additionally, you may want to make some settings common for all the installations, and have a central place where changes to these can be made. Since the configuration file (LocalSettings.

A4: Yes, but performance is not necessarily better. 3ware SATA RAID controllers connected to SATA drives outperform SAS controllers connected to SAS drives in sequential I/O as demonstrated by the graphs below.

A6: No. Reliability is calculated as a function of the number of drives and individual drive reliability.