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Appendix C: Software Installation: Adaptec's SATA HostRAID Utility
8. When the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA HostRAID driver is found, press
Enter. Follow the remaining on-screen instructions to complete your
installation.
Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System
Please follow the steps listed below to install a driver in a system that
already has a Windows operating system:
1. Create a driver disk by following the instructions from the Web site or the
product CD.
2. Start Windows. Windows launches the Found New Hardware Wizard,
which searches for the controller driver.
3. Insert the driver disk you created in
Step
1. Select the floppy disk drive as
the source and click Next.
4. If necessary, select the appropriate driver for your operating system.
5. Click Next as needed to complete the controller installation.
6. Remove the driver disk.
7. If prompted, restart the computer.
8. Your installation is complete. If you want to create an array from the
BIOS, see
the section-"Adaptec RAID Configuration
Utility". If you want to
create an array from the operating system, see
the section-"Using Adaptec
Storage Manager – Browser
Edition".
Installing the driver in a new Linux system
To Install the Red Hat 8.0 or 9.0 Driver in a New Linux System:
1. Obtain a driver disk from either the Web site or the product CD.
2. Restart the computer.
3. If creating an array, press Ctrl-A when prompted to enter the ARC utility.
For instructions on creating an array from the BIOS, see
the section-
"Adaptec RAID Configuration
Utility". For a simple volume, skip to
Step
4.
4. When the array is finished building, or if you are continuing from
Step
3,
insert the Red Hat CD Disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.
5. When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type expert or linux dd at
the boot prompt.
6. When prompted, insert the driver disk (see
Step
1) and select OK.
7. Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment.
8. If you intend to install other third-party devices, proceed with the
installation of those devices. Otherwise, select Done.
9. Continue with the Linux installation according to the Red Hat
documentation.
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