Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
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Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks
Note:
You will need at least two bootable MS-DOS floppy disks to
complete this task.
You can’t create a bootable floppy disk using Windows 2000.
To create the firmware floppy disks:
1
Create a bootable MS–DOS floppy disk and copy these files to it:
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AFU
.exe
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AA
xxx
01.ufi
where
xxxx
is the model number of your controller.
2
Create additional bootable MS–DOS floppy disks and copy each
additional
AA
xxx
0x.ufi
file to a separate floppy disk. (Some RAID
controllers have two UFI files; some have four. Each goes onto its
own floppy disk.)
3
To use a menu-based AFU, see below.
To run the AFU from the command line, see
.
Running the Menu-based AFU
Note:
You can also run the AFU from the command line (see
).
To run the menu-based AFU:
1
Shut down your operating system and reboot to DOS from a
bootable MS-DOS floppy disk or from a DOS partition on a
bootable drive. (You can use a disk drive connected to the controller
you are updating.)
2
At the DOS command prompt, type
AFU
with no arguments.
The AFU’s main menu is displayed.
3
Select
Select Controllers
, then select the Adaptec RAID controller(s)
to be flashed.
To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the
boot controller’s flash first, restart the computer, then update the
flash for the remaining controllers.
