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installing the driver 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. 4 Shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 5 Insert the Windows NT setup media (floppy disk or CD) and restart the system. 6 If prompted, skip Setup's mass storage detection. Press S to Specify Additional Devices. 7 Select Other, then insert the driver disk you created in Step 3. 8 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0. 9 Press Enter and continue with the installation as described in the Windows NT documentation. installing the driver in a new system with other hardware In this scenario, you are installing an Adaptec RAID controller in a new computer system with another controller from another manufacturer or other hardware that requires the use of Windows NT mass storage detection. To install the driver 1 Create a driver disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. To create a driver 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. d When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click Create Driver Disk. Then, click the appropriate operating system. 3-7

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installing the driver
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.
4
Shut down the system and remove the
Adaptec RAID
Installation CD
and the driver floppy disk.
5
Insert the Windows NT setup media (floppy disk or CD) and
restart the system.
6
If prompted, skip Setup’s mass storage detection. Press
S
to
Specify Additional Devices.
7
Select
Other
, then insert the driver disk you created in
Step 3
.
8
Select
Adaptec I
2
O RAID Host Adapter Driver for
NT 4.0
.
9
Press
Enter
and continue with the installation as described
in the Windows NT documentation.
installing the driver in a new system with other
hardware
In this scenario, you are installing an Adaptec RAID controller in
a new computer system with another controller from another
manufacturer or other hardware that requires the use of
Windows NT mass storage detection. To install the driver
1
Create a driver disk using the
Adaptec RAID Installation
CD
. To create a driver 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.
d
When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click
Create
Driver Disk
. Then, click the appropriate operating
system.