System Requirements; Before You Begin; Obtaining The Firmware - Adaptec SAS/SATA/SCSI RAID Controllers Installation And User Manual

System Requirements

MS–DOS version 5.0 or later.
Note:
You can't run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under any version of
Windows.
At least 8 MB of extended memory.
Compatibility Notes
Supports HIMEM.SYS; compatible with other DOS drivers running under HIMEM.SYS
(for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS).
Does not support DOS extenders installed in memory, such as EMM386.SYS and
DOS4GW.

Before You Begin

Obtain the firmware (see the following section).
1
Create a firmware kit on floppy disks (see
2
There are two ways to run the AFU:
Using the AFU menus (see
1
From the command line (see
2

Obtaining the Firmware

To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to:
The RAID Installation CD—Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash
image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files.
The Adaptec Web site—Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of
AFU.
See www.adaptec.com
Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
page 99).
page 99)
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for more information.
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