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installing the driver in a new Windows 98/Me, system

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide CD-ROM support Before you can install Windows, you need to verify that you can use your CD drive to install Windows. Identify the scenario that applies to your situation and follow the recommendations below: s If the CD drive plugs into the motherboard or is on an ATA controller, use the Windows startup floppy disk included with the Windows CD. s If the CD drive is on a SCSI controller other than an Adaptec RAID SCSI controller, refer to the CD drive guide. s If the CD drive is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller, create a driver disk for DOS in addition to creating a driver disk for Windows as described in creating the driver disk on page 3-11. Use the DOS driver disk to execute setupcd.exe to establish CD-ROM support. installing the driver in a new Windows 98/Me system In this scenario, you doing a full installation on one disk drive or array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in a new system. To install the driver 1 Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. 2 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. 3 Shut down the system and reboot from a bootable DOS disk. 4 Run fdisk and create a primary DOS partition of an appropriate size. 5 Mark the primary DOS partition Active. 6 Reboot the system from the DOS disk. 7 Perform a system format by typing format c: \s. 8 Remove the boot disk from the floppy disk drive and reboot the system from the C drive. 3-12

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide
CD-ROM support
Before you can install Windows, you need to verify that you can
use your CD drive to install Windows. Identify the scenario that
applies to your situation and follow the recommendations below:
■
If the CD drive plugs into the motherboard or is on an ATA
controller, use the Windows startup floppy disk included
with the Windows CD.
■
If the CD drive is on a SCSI controller other than an
Adaptec RAID SCSI controller, refer to the CD drive guide.
■
If the CD drive is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller,
create a driver disk for DOS in addition to creating a driver
disk for Windows as described in
creating the driver disk
on
page 3-11
. Use the DOS driver disk to execute
setupcd.exe
to
establish CD-ROM support.
installing the driver in a new Windows 98/Me
system
In this scenario, you doing a full installation on one disk drive or
array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in a new system.
To install the driver
1
Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and
hard drives according to the instructions in
Chapter 2
.
2
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
.
3
Shut down the system and reboot from a bootable DOS disk.
4
Run
fdisk
and create a primary DOS partition of an
appropriate size.
5
Mark the primary DOS partition
Active
.
6
Reboot the system from the DOS disk.
7
Perform a system format by typing format c: \s.
8
Remove the boot disk from the floppy disk drive and reboot
the system from the
C
drive.