System Startup; New Scsi Drives/No Existing Boot Drive; New Scsi Drives/Existing Boot Drive - Adaptec AHA-1540C User Manual

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AHA-1540C/l542C
User's
Manual
System Startup
New SCSI Drives/No Existing Boot Drive
To bring up the system for the first time after installing the host
adapter:
Insert a bootable System diskette in drive A and close the
door.
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Turn on the system.
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After the system initialization and power-up diagnostics
have completed, system error messages, such as
System
Configuration Changed, Run Setup
and prompts on how
to
continue may be displayed.
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After you have followed the instructions displayed on the
screen, the system will boot from the floppy diskette drive.
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Run your computer system Setup program.
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Make sure that both (C and
D)
disk or Fixed Disk Drive fields
in your computer's Setup program are set to
Not Installed.
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Remember that a SCSI drive can only be used as a boot
device ifboth non-SCSI disks are listed as
Not Installed
here in your computer's Setup program.
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When the setup parameters have been defined, follow the
directions on the screen to restart the system. (Leave the boot-
able system diskette in drive
A.)
New SCSI Drives/Existing Boot Drive
If you are upgrading a computer system that already boots from
an existing drive:
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Turn on your computer system.
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