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installing the driver in a new system with, Windows 95 OEM SR2 - version 95B

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide installing the driver in a new system with Windows 95 (OEM SR2 - version 95B) In this scenario, you are installing a bootable Adaptec RAID controller in a new system with Windows 95 (OEM SR2 version). Note: If your version of Windows predates SR2, you must install windows and upgrade to SR2 before installing the Adaptec RAID controller. 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 DOS disk and insert the driver disk you created earlier (refer to page 3-11). 9 Remove the driver disk. 10 Reboot the system. 11 Insert the Windows 95 OEM SR2 CD. 12 Type d:\setup where d: is the letter assigned to your CD drive. 13 Follow the Windows installation prompts. When Windows is fully installed, proceed to the next step. 3-14

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide
installing the driver in a new system with
Windows 95 (OEM SR2 – version 95B)
In this scenario, you are installing a bootable Adaptec RAID
controller in a new system with Windows 95 (OEM SR2 version).
Note:
If your version of Windows predates SR2, you must
install windows and upgrade to SR2 before installing the
Adaptec RAID controller.
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 DOS disk and insert the driver disk you created
earlier (refer to
page 3-11
).
9
Remove the driver disk.
10
Reboot the system.
11
Insert the Windows 95 OEM SR2 CD.
12
Type
d
:\setup
where
d
: is the letter assigned to your CD
drive.
13
Follow the Windows installation prompts. When Windows is
fully installed, proceed to the next step.