System Requirements; Before You Begin; Obtaining The Firmware - Adaptec 5805 Installation And User Manual

System Requirements

MS–DOS version 5.0 or later.
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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.
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Compatibility Notes
Supports HIMEM.SYS; compatible with other DOS drivers running under HIMEM.SYS
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(for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS).
Does not support DOS extenders installed in memory, such as EMM386.SYS and
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DOS4GW.

Before You Begin

Obtain the firmware (see the following section).
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Create firmware disks (see
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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 Controller Installation DVD—Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a
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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
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firmware/BIOS and AFU.
See www.adaptec.com
Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
page 106).
page 106)
page 107)
for more information.
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