Installing the Operating System 4-53

Installing SCO OpenServer Rel. 5.0.6 Software with a RAID Controller Installed

Note: This section assumes that you have properly completed the hardware installation and the drive array configuration. If you have not done so, please refer to the corresponding documentation and complete the hardware installation and configuration before trying to proceed with driver installation.

Installation of SCO OpenServer Version 5.0.6 involves installation of a disk array driver for your disk array system. The procedure basically follows the standard SCO UNIX installation with some variations. During the installation, when prompted, insert the SCO UNIX driver diskette for the Disk Array Controller into the floppy disk drive.

Note: Before installing SCO UNIX, ensure that system drive 0 (boot drive) has been configured for write-through cache. If write- back cache has been configured, the SCO UNIX root file system may be corrupted at the completion of the installation. After the installation is completed, the system drive can be toggled to write- back cache.

1.Insert the SCO OpenServer Version 5.0.6 CD into the CD-ROM drive and boot your system. You will see the following message:

SCO OpenServer™ Release 5.0.6 Boot:

Type: defbootstr link= “mdac” Sdsk=mdac(0,0,0,1)

Press ENTER.

2.The system displays this message:

Please insert the fd(60) mdac volume and press ENTER or press Q to quit.

Insert the Mylex AcceleRAID 160/352 Drivers for SCO OpenServer diskette (made from the EXPRESSBUILDER CD) into the floppy drive and press

ENTER.

3.The system continues with this message: Please enter “r’ if you wish to try replacement. Type r and press ENTER.

4.The system continues with these messages: mdac: Driver “mdac” successfully loaded. Character major = 19

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NEC 5800 manual SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6 Boot

5800 specifications

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