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Installing the Driver
Overview of the Driver Installation Process
Adaptec recommends the following driver installation procedure:
1Create a driver disk. See Creating the Driver Disk on page3-2 for
details.
2Identify the appropriate installation procedure for your
computer.
You need to know the operating system and whether you are
installing the driver while also installing the operating system,
or installing the drive onto a system that already has the
operating system installed.
3Familiarize yourself with the supported RAID types. You will
need to select a RAID type during your driver installation. See
Appendix E for details.
Note: If you don’t like your initial RAID level selection, you
can change it later using Array Level Migration. For details,
see page 1-8 and the Adaptec Storage Manager online
Help for details.
4Read and understand the entire installation procedure.
5Proceed with the installation.
Creating the Driver Disk
Note:
If you are adding the controller to a Linux system that was
already installed, you do not need to create a driver disk; skip
this section.
Before installing the driver, create the driver disk:
1Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the
CD-ROM drive.
2Insert the Adaptec installation CD and turn on the computer.
3Respond to the on-screen instructions as necessary to get to the
Adaptec Start Menu.