User`s manual

AEC-6885MS/6885M/6885MLP

Chapter 3 System Installation

AEC-6885M supports OS 9, OSX 10.2. and the later versions of Mac Operating

System. But there isn’t any built-in driver of AEC-6885M in OSX 10.2.x and the

previous versions, therefore in OSX 10.2. AEC-6885M only supports non-boot; that

is, you cannot boot from the hard drive connected to AEC-6885M in OSX 10.2. The

full support is possible when OSX 10.3 appears. As for OS 9, its structure is differ-

ent from that of OSX, so it can support boot despite that it appeared earlier than

OSX 10.2. Perhaps you may wonder if AEC-6885M supports OSX 10.1. No, it doesn’t.

In this manual we are going to take OS 9 and OSX 10.3 as examples to explain

system installation and Utility operation.

3.1 Install OS into HDD with the Adapter

Here we will install OS 9 and OSX 10.3 into the hard drive(s) connected with AEC-

6885M, the adapter. After installation, you can boot from the original hard drive or

the newly arrayed drives.

3.1.1 Install OS 9 into HDD with the Adapter

1. Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly.

2. Insert the OS 9 source CD into CD/DVD-ROM.

3. Power on and press “C” key.

4. Wait for the appearance of OS 9.

5. Double click “Utilities”.