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Installing the Driver When Installing, Windows NT

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT The adpu320.sys driver is not embedded on the Windows NT 4.0 installation disks (or CD) and must be added during Windows NT 4.0 installation. Note: Adaptec recommends that you install Windows NT 4.0 onto a hard disk with a primary active FAT 16 partition, 2 GB or smaller. Once Windows NT 4.0 is installed and configured properly, you can use the Convert command to convert the drive to NTFS. This minimizes the number of variables involved during the installation process and therefore reduces the possibility of problems. Note: In order to add or remove SCSI controllers from Windows NT you must be logged on as Administrator. Completing a Fresh Windows NT 4.0 Installation From Floppy Disk 1 Create a Windows driver disk. For more information, see Appendix D, Creating Driver Floppy Disks. 2 Start your system with the Windows NT 4.0 Boot Disk in the floppy disk drive. 3 When prompted, insert disk #2 in your floppy disk drive. After a few moments you will see a blue screen. To setup Windows NT 4.0 now, press Enter. 4 Press S to skip auto-detection of your SCSI host adapter. 5 Press S again to specify an additional device. 6 Press Enter to select Others; insert the Windows driver disk you created into your floppy disk drive. 7 Using the arrow keys, select the following driver and press Enter: Adaptec Ultra320 Family PCI SCSI Controller (NT4.0) 9-2

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9-2
Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User
s Guide
Installing the Driver When Installing
Windows NT
The
adpu320.sys
driver is not embedded on the Windows NT 4.0
installation disks (or CD) and must be added during Windows NT
4.0 installation.
Note:
Adaptec recommends that you install Windows NT 4.0
onto a hard disk with a primary active FAT 16 partition, 2 GB
or smaller. Once Windows NT 4.0 is installed and configured
properly, you can use the Convert command to convert the
drive to NTFS. This minimizes the number of variables
involved during the installation process and therefore
reduces the possibility of problems.
Note:
In order to add or remove SCSI controllers from
Windows NT you must be logged on as Administrator.
Completing a Fresh Windows NT 4.0 Installation From Floppy
Disk
1
Create a Windows driver disk. For more information, see
Appendix D,
Creating Driver Floppy Disks
.
2
Start your system with the Windows NT 4.0 Boot Disk in the
floppy disk drive.
3
When prompted, insert disk #2 in your floppy disk drive. After
a few moments you will see a blue screen. To setup
Windows NT 4.0 now, press
Enter
.
4
Press
S
to skip auto-detection of your SCSI host adapter.
5
Press
S
again to specify an additional device.
6
Press
Enter
to select
Others
; insert the Windows driver disk you
created into your floppy disk drive.
7
Using the arrow keys, select the following driver and press
Enter
:
Adaptec Ultra320 Family PCI SCSI Controller (NT4.0)