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Installing the Driver 3 Shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 4 Insert the Windows 2000 setup media (floppy disk or CD) and restart the system to begin the Windows 2000 installation. 5 When the Windows 2000 installation starts, a blue screen appears after the hardware detection message. When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6. Note: You only have 5 seconds to press the F6 key during the installation startup. A prompt appears at the bottom of the screen when F6 is active. Press F6 at this time; otherwise, you must restart the Windows 2000 installation process to complete this procedure correctly. 6 When Windows 2000 starts for the first time, it launches the Found New Hardware Wizard. Click Next. Then, select Search for suitable driver for my device and click Next again. 7 Insert the driver disk you created in Step 2. Select the floppy disk and click Next. The wizard should find the Adaptec RAID Adapter. 8 Click Next and follow the instructions. Eventually, the installation will require that the system shut down and restart. After the restart, respond to any further instructions as needed to complete the installation. Adding the Controller to an Existing System In this scenario, you are adding an Adaptec RAID controller to a system that already has a Windows 2000 operating system. To install the driver 1 Create a driver floppy disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. To create the disk a Insert the Adaptec RAID Installation CD in your drive. b Boot from the CD. The CD loads a Linux kernel that is used to manage all of its functions. 3-3

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3-3
Installing the Driver
3
Shut down the system and remove the
Adaptec RAID
Installation CD
and the driver floppy disk.
4
Insert the Windows 2000 setup media (floppy disk or CD) and
restart the system to begin the Windows 2000 installation.
5
When the Windows 2000 installation starts, a blue screen
appears after the hardware detection message. When
prompted to install a third-party driver, press
F6
.
Note:
You only have 5 seconds to press the F6 key during the
installation startup. A prompt appears at the bottom of the
screen when F6 is active. Press
F6
at this time; otherwise,
you must restart the Windows 2000 installation process to
complete this procedure correctly.
6
When Windows 2000 starts for the first time, it launches the
Found New Hardware Wizard. Click
Next
. Then, select
Search
for suitable driver for my device
and click
Next
again.
7
Insert the driver disk you created in
Step 2
. Select the floppy
disk and click
Next
. The wizard should find the
Adaptec RAID
Adapter
.
8
Click
Next
and follow the instructions. Eventually, the
installation will require that the system shut down and restart.
After the restart, respond to any further instructions as needed
to complete the installation.
Adding the Controller to an Existing System
In this scenario, you are adding an Adaptec RAID controller to a
system that already has a Windows 2000 operating system. To install
the driver
1
Create a driver floppy disk using the
Adaptec RAID Installation CD
.
To create the disk
a
Insert the
Adaptec RAID Installation CD
in your drive.
b
Boot from the CD. The CD loads a Linux kernel that is used
to manage all of its functions.