Installing The Driver And An Operating System; Before You Begin; Creating A Driver Disk - Adaptec 5085 Installation And User Manual

Before You Begin

Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see
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Create a bootable array (see
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Create a driver disk (see the following section).
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Note:
Not all operating systems are supported on all controllers. For up-to-date operating
system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. From the main menu
select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your controller type and OS support to
generate a list of supported operating systems and to download the latest drivers.

Creating a Driver Disk

This section describes how to create a driver disk for most supported operating systems. You
will need a floppy disk to complete this task.
Note:
Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista,
Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7—they load the driver right from the Adaptec Installation
DVD. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you
must create the driver disk manually. Since the driver image is too large to fit on a floppy, you
must use a USB flash drive ("USB stick") or writable CD. For details, see the instructions for
your operating system, as described below.
To create a driver disk:
Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the DVD drive. (For instructions,
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refer to your computer documentation.)
Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in
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your RAID controller kit.
Click Create Diskette, then select your operating system and version.
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When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK.
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The system creates the driver disk.
Remove and label the driver disk.
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Continue with the instructions for your operating system:
For Windows, see
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For Red Hat Linux 5, see
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For Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux, see
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For SuSE Linux, see
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For Debian or Ubuntu Linux, see
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For OpenServer, see
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For UnixWare, see
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For Solaris, see
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For VMware, see
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For FreeBSD, see
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