Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-25
The first menu displays the Configure/View Host
Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utilities options.
Using SCSISelect Menus
SCSISelect uses menus to list options you can select. To
select an option, use the up- and down-arrow keys to
move the cursor to the option; then press <Enter>.
In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu.
You can return to the previous menu at any time by press-
ing <Esc>. To restore the original SCSISelect default
values, press <F6>.
Using the SCSI Disk Utilities
To access the SCSI disk utilities, select the SCSI Disk
Utilities option from the menu that appears when you
start SCSISelect. Once the option is selected, SCSISelect
immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine the
devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and
the devices assigned to each ID.
When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu
appears, displaying the Format Disk and Verify Disk
Media options.
•Format Disk. This option runs a utility that allows
you to perform a low-level format on a hard-disk
drive. Most SCSI disk drives are formatted at the
factory and do not need to be formatted again. The
Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the
vast majority of SCSI disk drives.
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•Verify Disk Media. This option runs a utility that
allows you to scan the media of a hard-disk drive for
defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media, it
prompts you to reassign them; if you select Yes,
those blocks are no longer used. You can press
<Esc> at any time to exit the utility.
Exiting SCSISelect
To exit SCSISelect, press <Esc> until a message prompts
you to exit. (If you changed any 78xx series host adapter
settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you
exit.) At the prompt, select Yes to exit, and then press any
key to reboot the computer. Any changes you made in
SCSISelect take effect after the computer boots. (You can
select No at the prompt if you are not ready to exit
SCSISelect.)
Installation for Microsoft Win-
dows NT
Read this section to find out about Windows NT operat-
ing system installation, including:
•Installing and/or updating the SCSI drivers for the
Windows NT operating system
•Removing a host adapter
•Swapping a host adapter
•Restoring a configuration if Windows NT fails to
boot
Installation Overview
This section provides the information needed to install
and use the Dell SCSI drivers for the 78xx series of SCSI
controllers with the Windows NT operating system.
The Windows NT 3.51 driver diskette you create for the
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51 operating system
contains the files needed for driver installation. The \scsi
subdirectory on the diskette contains the following files
to be used with Windows NT 3.51:
•aic78xx.sys — Adaptec’s 78xx Family driver for
Windows NT
•oemsetup.inf — A file used by Windows NT Setup
for driver installation
•readme.txt — A text file describing the Adaptec
78xx driver for Windows NT
If you are performing a first-time Windows NT
installation, see the following subsection, “Installing
Windows NT 3.51 and the Driver,” to begin driver
installation. If Windows NT is already installed in your
system, see “Using Windows NT to Install or Update the
Driver” found later in this section.
CAUTION: The Format Disk option destroys
all data on the hard-disk drive.