Creating A Driver Disk; Installing The Windows Driver; Installing The Driver In A New Windows System - Adaptec 1420SA Installation And User Manual

Creating a Driver Disk

Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk.
To create the driver disk:
1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive.
2 Insert the installation CD and turn on the computer.
3 Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get
to the Adaptec Start Menu.
4 Click Create Driver Disk, then select the appropriate operating
system.
5 If you selected Linux, you need to select one of the following
architectures:
– i586—For Pentium I or II computers
– i686—For Pentium III, IV, or AMD K-6 computers
– Athlon—AMD Athlon computers
– Athlon & Intel_x86_64—AMD Opteron or AMD64 and Intel
EM64T computers
6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK.
The computer creates the driver disk.
7 When prompted, remove and label the driver disk then click
OK.

Installing the Windows Driver

This section contains the following procedures:

Installing the Driver in a New Windows System

Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System
Installing the Driver in a New Windows System
To install the driver while also installing the Windows operating
system:
1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described
in Installing the Controller on page
2 Create a driver disk as described in
page 3-3. When finished, remove the driver disk.
Installing the Driver
2-2.
Creating a Driver Disk on
3-3