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Installing the Netware Driver in a New NetWare System

2

Then type:

3

Type:

cd /<directory of rpm files>

4

Type:

rpm -ivh <rpmfile>

 (for a new install, or)

rpm -Uvh --force <rpmfile>

 (for an updated install)

cd 

or

eject

 (to eject disc)

5

Reboot the system to enable the new/updated driver.

Installing the Netware Driver in a New 
NetWare System

Note: 

For information about installing drivers if you use the 

NetWare CD to install your operating system, see your Novell 
documentation.

To install the driver in a new Novell NetWare 6.5 operating 
system: 

1

Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described in 

Installing the Controller and Drives

 on page 6

.

2

Use the instructions provided in the NetWare manual to begin 
the installation.

3

When the 

No storage device was detected in this system. Load the 

appropriate driver (HAM)

 prompt appears, press 

Enter

, then 

Esc

.

for Red Hat

cd /mnt/cdrom

for SuSE

cd /media/cdrom

for Red Hat

umount /mnt/cdrom

for SuSE

umount /media/cdrom

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Summary of Contents for 1420SA - Serial ATA II RAID Controller

Page 1: ...QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE ADAPTEC SERIAL ATA II RAID 1420SA AAR 1420SA QIG book Page 0 Monday March 7 2005 1 30 PM...

Page 2: ...ense All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts hav...

Page 3: ...troller and Drives 6 Checking Your Controller and Devices 7 Creating a RAID Array 8 Creating the Driver Disk 9 Installing the Driver in a New Windows System 10 Installing the Driver in an Existing Win...

Page 4: ...tents Your Adaptec controller kit includes Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA controller Installation CD Low profile bracket and full size bracket attached to controller Four Serial ATA interface cable...

Page 5: ...ire document 2 Install and configure the controller and disk drives according to the instructions in Installing the Controller and Drives on page 6 3 How you install the driver depends on the needs of...

Page 6: ...Adaptec CD is bootable which means you can use it to start a computer that has no operating system and set up an array provided your computer is set up to recognize bootable CDs Note Verify that your...

Page 7: ...ty ACU Used to create configure and manage arrays SATASelect Used to verify the hardware configuration of the controller and drives Disk Utilities Used to format and verify drives For details about an...

Page 8: ...y to force a cable on to the controller or a drive If the connector does not slide on easily try reversing it To install the controller in the system cabinet 1 If you have a low profile computer cabin...

Page 9: ...ompted enter the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl A 3 If your drives have already been used in another system even if not part of an array select Disk Utilities and format the drive Otherwise skip to the...

Page 10: ...ed they probably need to be initialized See the Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 1420SA Installation and User s Guide for details 5 Press Enter when both drives for the new array are selected The Array Propert...

Page 11: ...page 10 Red Hat Linux Step 4 on page 11 SuSE Linux Step 4 on page 12 Creating the Driver Disk Before you install your driver you will need to create a driver disk To create the driver disk 1 Set your...

Page 12: ...volume skip to Step 4 4 Insert the Windows setup CD and restart the system to begin the Windows installation 5 Press F6 when prompted to install a third party driver Note When F6 is active a prompt ap...

Page 13: ...on 7 Remove the driver disk 8 If creating an array see Creating a RAID Array on page 8 If installing a simple volume your installation is complete If prompted restart the computer Installing Red Hat o...

Page 14: ...CD Disk 1 in the CD drive then restart the computer 5 When the SuSE Installation menu appears do the following For UL 1 0 press the Alt key to have it prompt for a driver disk then select installatio...

Page 15: ...l your operating system see your Novell documentation To install the driver in a new Novell NetWare 6 5 operating system 1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described in Installi...

Page 16: ...name displays in the list of device drivers that appears in the window for example AAR81XX HAM then select Return to Driver Summary then press Enter 10 Select Continue then press Enter 11 Follow the i...

Page 17: ...then press Enter 6 Highlight the driver under Storage adapters then press Enter 7 Select Modify then press Enter 8 If the driver AAR81XX exists select the driver then press the Delete key to delete it...

Page 18: ...driver automatically during startup you must add the appropriate LOAD command to the NetWare startup command file usually C NWSERVER STARTUP NCF The command has the form load pathname driverslot numb...

Page 19: ...CA 95035 USA 2005 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Part Number CDP 00045 01 A Rev A JG 03 05 AAR...

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