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CD-ROM Support
Before you can install Windows, you need to verify that you can use
your CD drive to install Windows. Identify the scenario that applies
to your situation and follow the recommendations below:
■
If the CD drive plugs into the motherboard or is on an ATA
controller, use the Windows startup floppy disk included with
the Windows CD.
■
If the CD drive is on a SCSI controller other than an Adaptec
RAID SCSI controller, refer to the CD drive guide.
■
If the CD drive is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller, create a
driver disk for DOS in addition to creating a driver disk for
Windows as described in
Creating the Driver Disk on page 3-11
.
Use the DOS driver disk to execute
setupcd.exe
to establish
CD-ROM support.
Installing the Driver in a New Windows 98/Me System
In this scenario, you doing a full installation on one disk drive or
array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in a new system. To
install the driver
1
Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard
drives according to the instructions in
Chapter 2
.
2
Start up the system. During startup, press Ctrl+A to start
SMOR. Use SMOR to create the RAID. For details, refer to
Using SMOR on page 2-10
.
3
Shut down the system and reboot from a bootable DOS disk.
4
Run
fdisk
and create a primary DOS partition of an appropriate
size.
5
Mark the primary DOS partition Active.
6
Reboot the system from the DOS disk.
7
Perform a system format by typing
format
c:
\s
.
8
Remove the boot disk from the floppy disk drive and reboot
the system from the
C
drive.
9
Insert the Windows installation CD in the drive and type
d:\setup
where
d:
is the letter assigned to your drive.
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