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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
in!“Configuring!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!Adapter!in!a!Linux!Guest!Operating!System”!
on!page 58.
! For!new!Windows!virtual!machines,!complete!the!steps!in!“Configuring!the! LSI!
Logic!SCSI!Adapter!in!a!Windows!Guest!Operating!System,”!next.
Configuring the LSI Logic SCSI Adapter in a Windows Guest
Operating System
Before!you!begin!configuring!your!Windows!guest,!download!the!LSI!Logic!driver!
from!the!LSI!Logic!Web!site,!as!discussed!above.!
! For!a!new!virtual!machine,!unzip!the!driver!files!to!a!floppy!disk.!This!floppy!disk!
is!needed!while!installing!the!guest!operating!system.
! For!an!existing!virtual!machine,!unzip!the!driver!files!into!a!directory!in!the!guest!
operating!system,!then!shut!down!the!guest!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine.
To configure the LSI Logic SCSI Adapter in a Windows guest operating system
1Power!on!the!virtual!machine.
2Do!one!of!the!following:
! If!you!are!installing!a!new!guest!operating!system,!press!F6!at!the!beginning!
of!the!installation!to!have!Windows!prompt!for!a!driver!disk.!When!asked!to!
load!additional!drivers,!insert!the!floppy!disk!containing!the!driver!files!and!
let!Windows!copy!the!driver!files!and!continue!the!installation.!Do
!not!remove!
the!floppy!disk!from!the!floppy!drive!until!the!installer!reboots!the!guest.
! If!you!are!changing!from!the!BusLogic!to!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!in!an!existing!
virtual!machine,!the!guest!operating!system!recognizes!the!presence!of!the!LSI!
Logic!adapter!and!the!Add!New!Hardware!wizard!starts!after!you!log! in.!
Browse!to!the!directory!where!you!unzipped!the!driver!files!and
!let!Windows!
copy!them!to!the!correct!place.!
3After!you!install!the!LSI!Logic!driver,!make!sure!the!virtual!machine!boots!
completely.!
4Check!the!guest!operating!system’s!Device!Manager!to!ensure!the!LSI!Logic!
adapter!appears!and!is!working.
! If!you!are!installing!the!LSI!adapter!in!a!new!guest!operating!system,!you!are!
finished.!
! If!you!are!switching!from!a!BusLogic!adapter!in!an!existing!virtual!machine,!
continue!with!the!remaining!steps.