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Loading Driver During OS Installation
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3. Copy the IAAHCI.CAT, IAACHI.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.SYS, and
TXTSETUP.OEM. files to the root directory of a floppy diskette. Note: If the system
has a 32-bit processor, copy the files found in the Drivers folder; if the system has
a 64-bit processor, copy the files found in the Drivers64 folder.
5.2.3 F6 Installation Steps
To install the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver using the F6 installation method,
complete the following steps:
1. Press the <F6> key at the beginning of Windows XP setup (during text-mode
phase) when prompted in the status line with the ‘Press F6 if you need to install a
third party SCSI or RAID driver’ message. Note: After pressing F6, nothing will
happen immediately; setup will temporarily continue loading drivers and then you
will be prompted with a screen to load support for mass storage device(s).
2. Press the <S> key to ‘Specify Additional Device’.
3. Insert the floppy disk containing the driver files when you see the following
prompt: ‘Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support
disk into Drive A:’ and press the <Enter> key. Refer to Automatic F6 Floppy
Creation for instructions.
4. Select the RAID or AHCI controller entry that corresponds to your BIOS setup and
press the <Enter> key. Note: Not all available selections may appear in the list;
use the <> or <> to see additional options.
5. Press the <Enter> key to confirm.
At this point, you have successfully F6 installed the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
driver and Windows XP setup should continue. Leave the floppy disk in the floppy
drive until the system reboots itself because Windows setup will need to copy the files
again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. After Windows setup has
copied these files again, remove the floppy diskette so that Windows setup can reboot
as needed.