Installation guide

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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 2-10.
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.