Adaptec 2268300R manual Obtaining the Firmware, System Requirements, Before You Begin

Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 116

System Requirements

●DOS version 5.0 or later.

Note: You can’t run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under any version of Windows.

●At least 8 MB of extended memory.

Compatibility Notes

●Supports HIMEM.SYS; compatible with other DOS drivers running under HIMEM.SYS (for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS).

●Does not support DOS extenders installed in memory, such as EMM386.SYS and DOS4GW.

Before You Begin

1Obtain the firmware (see the following section).

2Create firmware disks (see page 117).

There are two ways to run the AFU:

1Using the AFU menus (see page 117)

2From the command line (see page 118)

Obtaining the Firmware

To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to:

●Adaptec Installation DVD—Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files.

●Adaptec Web site—Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of firmware/BIOS and AFU.

See www.adaptec.com for more information.