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SMART-2DH Array Controller Reference Guide
Writer: Pamela King Project: SMART-2DH Array Controller Reference Guide Comments: 295469-002
File Name: G-CH06.DOC Last Saved On: 2/27/98 12:01 PM
COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED
Installing the Driver
To copy the driver file to the OS/2 directory on your boot drive:
1. Place the OS/2 SSD in the floppy drive.
2. From the OS/2 command prompt, type:
A:\addarray c:
The CPQARRAY.ADD driver file will be copied to the x:\os2 directory
(where x is the boot drive) and any existing driver will be renamed
CPQARRAY.OLD. The CONFIG.SYS file will be updated to load this
driver first on boot. This means that the first drive on this controller is
the boot drive.
3. If you do not want to boot from a drive on this controller; for instance,
if you wanted to boot from a drive attached to the integrated SCSI
controller, you must manually change the CONFIG.SYS file before you
reboot the server. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file to reorder the
BASEDEV=CPQARRAY.ADD statement so that it appears after the
BASEDEV statement corresponding to the boot driver.
4. Save the updated CONFIG.SYS file and exit the editor.
5. Perform a normal system shutdown and reboot the server to load the
new driver.
Controller Ordering
There are two factors that determine controller ordering under IBM OS/2:
1. The order in which the ADD driver appears in the CONFIG.SYS file
determines how each type of controller is ordered relative to other
types of controllers.
Each type of controller that a single ADD driver controls will be
grouped together. The first ADD driver to appear in the CONFIG.SYS
file will have its controllers ordered first, the second ADD driver will
have its controllers ordered after the first driver, etc.
