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Before You Begin, Creating a Driver Disk, Create Diskette

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Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 55 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 41). ● Create a bootable array (see page 49). ● Create a driver disk (see the following section). Note: Not all operating systems are supported on all controllers. For up-to-date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems and to download the latest drivers. Creating a Driver Disk This section describes how to create a driver disk for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk to complete this task. Note: Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7-they load the driver right from the Adaptec Installation DVD. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. Since the driver image is too large to fit on a floppy, you must use a USB flash drive ("USB stick") or writable CD. For details, see the instructions for your operating system, as described below. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the DVD drive. (For instructions, refer to your computer documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your operating system and version. 4 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Continue with the instructions for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 56. ● For Red Hat Linux 5, see page 57. ● For Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux, see page 57. ● For SuSE Linux, see page 57. ● For Debian or Ubuntu Linux, see page 58. ● For OpenServer, see page 57. ● For UnixWare, see page 61. ● For Solaris, see page 61. ● For VMware, see page 61. ● For FreeBSD, see page 62.

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Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System
●
55
Before You Begin
●
Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see
page 41
).
●
Create a bootable array (see
page 49
).
●
Create a driver disk (see the following section).
Note:
Not all operating systems are supported on all controllers. For up-to-date operating
system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at
www.adaptec.com
. From the main menu
select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your controller type and OS support to
generate a list of supported operating systems and to download the latest drivers.
Creating a Driver Disk
This section describes how to create a driver disk for most supported operating systems. You
will need a floppy disk to complete this task.
Note:
Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista,
Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7—they load the driver right from the Adaptec Installation
DVD. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you
must create the driver disk manually. Since the driver image is too large to fit on a floppy, you
must use a USB flash drive (“USB stick”) or writable CD. For details, see the instructions for
your operating system, as described below.
To create a driver disk:
1
Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the DVD drive. (For instructions,
refer to your computer documentation.)
2
Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in
your RAID controller kit.
3
Click
Create Diskette
, then select your operating system and version.
4
When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click
OK
.
The system creates the driver disk.
5
Remove and label the driver disk.
Continue with the instructions for your operating system:
●
For Windows, see
page 56
.
●
For Red Hat Linux 5, see
page 57
.
●
For Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux, see
page 57
.
●
For SuSE Linux, see
page 57
.
●
For Debian or Ubuntu Linux, see
page 58
.
●
For OpenServer, see
page 57
.
●
For UnixWare, see
page 61
.
●
For Solaris, see
page 61
.
●
For VMware, see
page 61
.
●
For FreeBSD, see
page 62
.