Adaptec 3400S Installation Guide - Page 44

Changing the Driver in an Existing System, Create, Driver Disk, Adapters, Drivers, Adaptec

Get Adaptec 3400S - SCSI RAID Controller PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 760884136447
View all Adaptec 3400S manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 44 highlights

Installing the Driver c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. d When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click Create Driver Disk. Then, click the appropriate operating system. e Insert a floppy disk and click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 2 Shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 3 Restart the system and open the Control Panel. Click the SCSI Adapters icon. Then select the Drivers tab and click Add. 4 Insert the driver disk you created in Step 1 and then click Have Disk. 5 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0. 6 After the driver is loaded, shut down the system. 7 Replace the existing controller with the Adaptec RAID controller. For installation details, refer to Chapter 2. 8 Start up the system. 9 If you are removing the old controller, you should also remove the old driver. To do so, open the Control Panel, click the SCSI Adapters icon, and then select the old driver and click Remove. Changing the Driver in an Existing System In this scenario, you are changing the driver in an existing Windows NT 4.0 system that already has an Adaptec RAID controller installed. To change 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. c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. 3-9

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
3-9
Installing the Driver
c
Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to
get to the Adaptec splash screen.
d
When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click
Create
Driver Disk
. Then, click the appropriate operating system.
e
Insert a floppy disk and click
OK
. The system creates the
driver disk.
2
Shut down the system and remove the
Adaptec RAID
Installation CD
and the driver floppy disk.
3
Restart the system and open the Control Panel. Click the
SCSI
Adapters
icon. Then select the
Drivers
tab and click
Add
.
4
Insert the driver disk you created in
Step 1
and then click
Have
Disk
.
5
Select
Adaptec I
2
O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0
.
6
After the driver is loaded, shut down the system.
7
Replace the existing controller with the Adaptec RAID
controller. For installation details, refer to
Chapter 2
.
8
Start up the system.
9
If you are removing the old controller, you should also remove
the old driver. To do so, open the Control Panel, click the
SCSI
Adapters
icon, and then select the old driver and click
Remove
.
Changing the Driver in an Existing System
In this scenario, you are changing the driver in an existing
Windows NT 4.0 system that already has an Adaptec RAID
controller installed. To change 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.
c
Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to
get to the Adaptec splash screen.