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Creating a Driver Disk, Installing the Windows Driver, Installing the Driver in a New Windows System - linux driver

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Installing the Driver Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk. To create the driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. 2 Insert the installation CD and turn on the computer. 3 Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, then select the appropriate operating system. 5 If you selected Linux, you need to select one of the following architectures: - i586-For Pentium I or II computers - i686-For Pentium III, IV, or AMD K-6 computers - Athlon-AMD Athlon computers - Athlon & Intel_x86_64-AMD Opteron or AMD64 and Intel EM64T computers 6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. The computer creates the driver disk. 7 When prompted, remove and label the driver disk then click OK. Installing the Windows Driver This section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the Driver in a New Windows System ■ Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System Installing the Driver in a New Windows System To install the driver while also installing the Windows operating system: 1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as described in Creating a Driver Disk on page 3-3. When finished, remove the driver disk. 3-3

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Installing the Driver
Creating a Driver Disk
Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk.
To create the driver disk:
1
Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive.
2
Insert the installation CD and turn on the computer.
3
Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get
to the Adaptec Start Menu.
4
Click
Create Driver Disk
, then select the appropriate operating
system.
5
If you selected Linux
, you need to select one of the following
architectures:
–
i586
—For Pentium I or II computers
–
i686
—For Pentium III, IV, or AMD K-6 computers
–
Athlon
—AMD Athlon computers
–
Athlon & Intel_x86_64
—AMD Opteron or AMD64 and Intel
EM64T computers
6
When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click
OK
.
The computer creates the driver disk.
7
When prompted, remove and label the driver disk then click
OK
.
Installing the Windows Driver
This section contains the following procedures:
■
Installing the Driver in a New Windows System
■
Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System
Installing the Driver in a New Windows System
To install the driver while also installing the Windows operating
system:
1
Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described
in
Installing the Controller
on page 2-2
.
2
Create a driver disk as described in
Creating a Driver Disk
on
page 3-3
. When finished, remove the driver disk.