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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide 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. 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 on SCSI Adapters. Then select the Drivers tab, click Add. 4 Insert the driver disk created in Step 1, 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 Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. Leave the existing controller installed. 8 Start up the system. 3-10

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide
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.
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 on
SCSI Adapters
. Then select the
Drivers
tab, click
Add
.
4
Insert the driver disk created in
Step 1
, 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
Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller and hard
drives according to the instructions in
Chapter 2
. Leave the
existing controller installed.
8
Start up the system.