Performing A Windows Nt 4.0 Installation; Using Windows Nt To Install Or Update The Driver; Installing Or Updating The Driver With Windows Nt 3.51 - Dell 4100 User Manual

install the new driver included on the driver diskette you
create from the Dell Server Assistant CD.
1. If you choose to install Windows NT from a dis-
kette drive, locate the Windows NT Disk 1 for
Floppy Installation diskette. Make a backup copy
of this diskette.
If you are installing from a CD-ROM drive, locate
the Windows NT Setup Disk 1 for CD-ROM Installa-
tion diskette. Make a backup copy of this diskette.
2. Put the backup diskette into drive A, and turn on
your system. When prompted, insert the Windows
NT Setup Disk 2 diskette.
3. From the Welcome to Setup screen, press
< > to set up Windows NT.
ENTER
4. When prompted for the setup method, select
.
CUSTOM
5. Press < > to continue.
ENTER
Insert the Windows NT Setup Disk 3 diskette when
prompted to do so.
6. After a period of time, Windows NT Setup dis-
plays all recognized SCSI controllers. If no SCSI
controllers are found, Windows NT Setup dis-
plays none. Press <
SCSI controllers.
7. Expand the list of additional SCSI controllers,
select , and press <
OTHER
The option is at the end of a long list of SCSI
OTHER
controllers and is highlighted.
8. Insert into drive A the Windows NT 3.51 driver
diskette you created, enter the following path to
the installation files, and then click
a:\scsi
9. The screen displays the adapter drivers sup-
ported on the diskette. The Adaptec AHA-2940/
AIC-78xx (PCI) NT 3.51 driver is highlighted by
default; press <
ENTER
10. If you want to add other SCSI controllers (not
part of the Adaptec 78xx series), do so at this time
by repeating steps 7 though 9 for each additional
adapter, inserting the appropriate diskette
> to configure additional
S
>.
ENTER
.
OK
> to select this driver.
provided by the hardware manufacturer. Because
all Adaptec 78xx series SCSI controllers use the
same driver, you configure all Adaptec SCSI con-
trollers at the same time.
11. Press < > to continue with the Windows NT
ENTER
operating system setup. Follow the instructions
on the screen and in the Windows NT installation
documentation.

Performing a Windows NT 4.0 Installation

The Windows NT 4.0 operating system has SCSI drivers
for the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI controllers integrated
into the operating system. When you load the operating
system software, the drivers are automatically loaded.
Using Windows NT to Install or Update
the Driver
This section describes how to install or update the
aic78xx.sys driver if Windows NT 3.51 is already
installed. If you are installing Windows NT 3.51 for the
first time, see "Installing Windows NT and the Driver"
found earlier in this section.
Installing or Updating the Driver With Win-
dows NT 3.51
Follow these instructions only if Windows NT 3.51 is
already installed:
1. Select and start the Windows NT Setup program.
(Its icon is usually found in the Main program
group.) There is a brief pause while Windows NT
Setup scans your hardware configuration.
2. Select the Options pull-down menu, and then
select
ADD/REMOVE SCSI ADAPTERS
Adapter setup program displays a list of all host
adapters currently installed.
If you are installing the driver for the first time, skip
to step 5.
If you are updating the driver, continue to step 3.
3. Before you can update the driver, you must first
remove the existing driver. Select the host adapter
you want to remove (for example, the Adaptec
Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers
. The SCSI
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