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Installing Software 4 When prompted, select Custom setup. 5 Press S to skip mass storage device detection. This allows you to manually select the driver for your host adapter. 6 Since mass storage device detection was skipped in the previ- ous step, Windows NT Setup displays none in the list of recognized devices. Press S to configure additional SCSI adapters. 7 From the list of additional SCSI adapters, expand the list, select Other, and press Enter. 8 Insert the Adaptec Array1000CA Family Manager Set drivers diskette into drive A and press Enter. 9 Browse to the a:\winnt\ directory. The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the diskette. The Adaptec Array1000CA Family Adapter driver is highlighted by default; press Enter. 10 If you want to add drivers for other host adapters (other than the AAA-131CA), do so at this time by repeating Step 7 for each additional adapter and inserting the appropriate disk provided by the hardware manufacturer. 11 Press Enter to continue with the Windows NT operating sys- tem setup. Follow the instructions given onscreen and in the Windows NT installation documentation. Windows NT 4.0 To install the cda1000.sys driver when you are installing Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps: 1 Start your system with the Windows NT Boot Diskette in the floppy drive or the Windows NT Boot CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. Note: To install Windows NT from a bootable CD-ROM, make sure BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM is enabled in SCSISelect. See Chapter 5, Configuring the AAA-131CA Adapter with SCSISelect. 4-3

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4-3
Installing Software
4
When prompted, select
Custom
setup.
5
Press
S
to skip mass storage device detection. This allows you
to manually select the driver for your host adapter.
6
Since mass storage device detection was skipped in the previ-
ous step, Windows NT Setup displays
none
in the list of recog-
nized devices. Press
S
to configure additional SCSI adapters.
7
From the list of additional SCSI adapters, expand the list, select
Other,
and press
Enter
.
8
Insert the Adaptec Array1000CA Family Manager Set drivers
diskette into drive
A
and press
Enter
.
9
Browse to the
a:\winnt\
directory. The screen displays the
adapter drivers supported on the diskette. The
Adaptec
Array1000CA Family Adapter
driver is highlighted by default;
press
Enter.
10
If you want to add drivers for other host adapters (other than
the AAA-131CA), do so at this time by repeating Step 7 for
each additional adapter and inserting the appropriate disk pro-
vided by the hardware manufacturer.
11
Press
Enter
to continue with the Windows NT operating sys-
tem setup. Follow the instructions given onscreen and in the
Windows NT installation documentation.
Windows NT 4.0
To install the
cda1000.sys
driver when you are installing
Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps:
1
Start your system with the Windows NT Boot Diskette in the
floppy drive
or
the Windows NT Boot CD-ROM in the
CD-ROM drive.
Note:
To install Windows NT from a bootable
CD-ROM, make sure BIOS Support for Bootable
CD-ROM is
enabled
in SCSI
Select
. See Chapter 5,
Con-
figuring the AAA-131CA Adapter with SCSISelect
.