Adaptec 2093500 User Guide - Page 42
Before You Begin, Creating a Driver Disk, Intel 386 or 486 computers, Pentium I or II computers
View all Adaptec 2093500 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 42 highlights
Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 42 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 31). ● Create a bootable array (see page 36). ● Create a driver disk (see the following section). Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions, refer to your computer's documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, then select your operating system. Linux only-If prompted, select your operating system and the architecture: ● Intel 386 or 486 computers-Select i386. ● Pentium I or II computers-Select i586. ● Pentium III, IV, or AMD K-6 computers-Select i686. ● AMD Athlon computers-Select Athlon. 5 Select your floppy disk drive letter, then select the format you want. (You need a full format only if your floppy disk has never been formatted or may have bad sectors.) 6 Insert the floppy disk, then click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 7 Remove and label the driver disk. 8 Continue with the instructions for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 43. ● For Red Hat Linux, see page 43. ● For SuSE Linux, see page 44. ● For NetWare, see page 44. ● For OpenServer, see page 45. ● For UnixWare, see page 45. ● For FreeBSD, see page 46.