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Installing the Driver
4 Shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID
Installation CD and the driver floppy disk.
5 Insert the Windows NT setup media (floppy disk or CD) and
restart the system.
6 If prompted, skip Setup’s mass storage detection. Press S to
Specify Additional Devices.
7 Select Other, then insert the driver disk you created in Step 3.
8 Select Adaptec I
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O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0.
9 Press Enter and continue with the installation as described in
the Windows NT documentation.
Installing the Driver in a New System with Other Hardware
In this scenario, you are installing an Adaptec RAID controller in a
new computer system with another controller from another
manufacturer or other hardware that requires the use of
Windows NT mass storage detection. To install the driver
1 Create a driver disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. To
create a driver 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 Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard
drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2.