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Before You Begin, Creating a Driver Disk, Installing on Windows, Floppy drive

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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 38 Before You Begin Before you begin, install and connect your HostRAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 24). You must also create a driver disk (see next section) before you begin installing the controller driver. Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk. 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 HostRAID Installation CD included in your controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, from the Main Menu. 5 Select one of the operating systems from this list: ● Windows ● Linux ● Netware 6 Select the type of operating system you want to use. 7 Select the version of the operating system. 8 When prompted, insert the floppy disk, then click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 9 Remove and label the driver disk. 10 Continue the driver installation for your operating system: ● For Windows, see next section. ● For Red Hat or SuSE Linux, see page 39. ● For NetWare, see page 39. Installing on Windows To install the driver on Windows: 1 Start or restart Windows. The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver. 2 Insert the driver disk, select Floppy drive, then click Next. 3 Click Next, then click Next again. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation. 5 Remove the driver disk and restart your computer.

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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
●
38
Before You Begin
Before you begin, install and connect your HostRAID controller and internal disk drives (see
page 24
).
You must also create a driver disk (see next section) before you begin installing the controller
driver.
Creating a Driver Disk
Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk. 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 HostRAID Installation CD included in your
controller kit.
3
Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu.
4
Click
Create Driver Disk
, from the Main Menu.
5
Select one of the operating systems from this list:
●
Windows
●
Linux
●
Netware
6
Select the type of operating system you want to use.
7
Select the version of the operating system.
8
When prompted, insert the floppy disk, then click
OK
.
The system creates the driver disk.
9
Remove and label the driver disk.
10
Continue the driver installation for your operating system:
●
For Windows, see next section.
●
For Red Hat or SuSE Linux, see
page 39
.
●
For NetWare, see
page 39
.
Installing on Windows
To install the driver on Windows:
1
Start or restart Windows.
The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver.
2
Insert the driver disk, select
Floppy drive
, then click
Next
.
3
Click
Next
, then click
Next
again.
4
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation.
5
Remove the driver disk and restart your computer.