User`s manual

Installing Drivers

This section details driver installation for various operating systems. It includes the driver

necessary to identify the Promise controller to the operating system.

Windows 2000/XP

Installing the Driver During the Windows 2000/XP Installation

1. Boot from the floppy drive or CD-ROM drive.

a. Floppy: Boot the computer using the Windows 2000 installation diskettes.

b. Floppyless: boot from floppy and type “WINNT /B”. After the files have been copied,

the system will reboot. Press the <F6> key when the message “Setup is inspecting

your computer’s hardware configuration…” appears.

c. CD-ROM: Boot from the CD-ROM drive. Press <F6> after the message “Press

F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” appears.

2. When the “Windows 2000 Setup” window appears, press <S> to Specify an Additional

Device(s).

3. Insert the “Promise 20276 RAID Driver” floppy disk (included in the system board

package) into a floppy drive.

4. Press <O> to select “Other” and press the <Enter> key. The driver is in the FastTrak

Driver\Win2000 directory of the floppy disk.

5. The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear showing “Setup will load support for the

following mass storage devices:” The list includes “Win2000 Promise FastTrak133-Lite

controller”.

NOTE: If you need to install additional devices, do so at this time. Once all devices are

installed, proceed to step 6.

6. In the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press the <Enter> key. Setup will now load all

device files and then continue with the Windows 2000 installation.