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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide 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 Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. 4 Start up the system. During startup, press Ctrl+A to start SMOR. Use SMOR to create the RAID. For details, refer to using SMOR on page 2-11. 5 Insert the Windows NT CD in the drive and restart the system. 6 When prompted, press Enter to initiate Setup's mass storage detection. Windows NT detects any controllers for which it has built-in drivers. Once your other hardware is detected, cancel out of any further detection. 7 Shut down and restart your system. 8 You are prompted to either press S to specify additional controllers or press Enter to continue Windows NT installation without specifying additional controllers. Press S to Specify Additional Devices. Select Other, then insert the driver disk you created in Step 1. 9 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0. 10 Press Enter and continue with the installation according to the instructions in the Windows NT documentation. upgrading the controller in an existing system In this scenario, you are removing a controller from a working Windows NT 4.0 system and substituting an Adaptec RAID controller. 3-8

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide
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
Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and
hard drives according to the instructions in
Chapter 2
.
4
Start up the system. During startup, press
Ctrl+A
to start
SMOR. Use SMOR to create the RAID. For details, refer to
using SMOR
on page 2-11
.
5
Insert the Windows NT CD in the drive and restart the
system.
6
When prompted, press
Enter
to initiate Setup’s mass
storage detection. Windows NT detects any controllers for
which it has built-in drivers. Once your other hardware is
detected, cancel out of any further detection.
7
Shut down and restart your system.
8
You are prompted to either press
S
to specify additional
controllers or press
Enter
to continue Windows NT
installation without specifying additional controllers.
Press
S
to Specify Additional Devices. Select
Other
, then
insert the driver disk you created in
Step 1
.
9
Select
Adaptec I
2
O RAID Host Adapter Driver for
NT 4.0
.
10
Press
Enter
and continue with the installation according to
the instructions in the Windows NT documentation.
upgrading the controller in an existing system
In this scenario, you are removing a controller from a working
Windows NT 4.0 system and substituting an Adaptec RAID
controller.