Adaptec SBC-596 manual OS/2 Drivers Setup Procedure, Preliminary Steps, Installing from Diskette

OS/2 Drivers Setup Procedure

Preliminary Steps

The following steps must be performed before you install the 65550/554 display driver:

1.OS/2 DOS Support must be installed.

2.If you previously installed SVGA support, you must reset the system to VGA mode. VGA is the default video mode enabled when OS/2 is installed.

To restore VGA mode, use Selective Install and select VGA for Primary Display. For more information on this procedure, see the section on Changing Display Adapter Support in the OS/2 User’s Guide.

Installing from Diskette

To install this driver, do the following steps:

1.Open an OS/2 full screen or windowed session.

2.Place the Supporting CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

3.At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following commands to copy the files to the OS/2 drive:

Type:

CD-ROM drive: \CD ROM\"model name"\driver\vga driver\OS2\

"model name": the model number of your product

When the Setup Program is completed, you will need to perform a shutdown and then restart the system in order for changes to take effect.

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