Installing The Windows Os Onto The Boot Device - EMC QLogic User Manual

Installing the Windows OS onto the Boot Device

Windows NT
Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration ---
Follow the appropriate steps below to install the Windows operating
system onto the EMC boot device.
Microsoft does not provide a driver for the QLogic controllers on the
Windows NT installation CD-ROM. In order to properly install Windows NT
on a the EMC storage array boot device connected to a QLogic controller, the
Windows installation diskettes must be used with the CD-ROM.
1. Boot the server with Windows NT installation diskette 1. The
server displays the following message, followed by a blank blue
screen. Press as soon as the blue screen appears:
F6
Pressing F6 tells the Windows installer that you want to load a
third-party driver before proceeding with the installation.
2. Follow the prompts to insert the necessary diskettes until the
setup stops to allow you to add additional devices.
A dialog message will tell you that the setup program cannot
determine the type of one or more mass storage devices.
From this point, press S to specify additional devices. You will need to select
Other and press ENTER.
3. Insert the QLogic driver disk into the diskette drive and press
.
ENTER
4. You are prompted to select one of four driver choices. Select
QLogic QLA2300 (or QLA2200) PCI Fibre Channel Adapter and
press .
ENTER
The driver loads and you are brought back to the Additional
Devices dialog.
5. You must now load the driver for your CD-ROM drive. The
Windows NT installer assumes that you want to specify all
storage drivers now. If the CD-ROM is not selected, installation
will fail later in the process.
Press to specify an additional device.
S
6. From the list, scroll up to select IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI
IDE Controller and press
Configuring an EMC Boot Device
.
ENTER
Configuring a Symmetrix Boot Device
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