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Step 14 Install Operating System Driver,
CD-ROM Driver A device driver is provided with MegaRAID for CD-ROM drives operating under DOS,
Windows 3.x, and Windows 95. The driver filename is AMICDROM.SYS.
The MEGASPI.SYS ASPI manager must be added to the CONFIG.SYS file before you can install
the CD-ROM device driver. See the instructions on the previous page for adding the
MEGASPI.SYS driver. Copy AMICDROM.SYS to the root directory of the C: drive. Add the
following line to CONFIG.SYS, making sure it is preceded by the line for MEGASPI.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\AMICDROM.SYS
Add the following to AUTOEXEC.BAT. Make sure it precedes the SMARTDRV.EXE line.
MSCDEX /D:MSCD001
MSCDEX is the CD-ROM drive extension file that is supplied with MS-DOS® and PC-DOS®
Version 5.0 or later. See your DOS manual for the command line parameters for MSCDEX.
Summary
This chapter discussed hardware installation. See the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide
for information about the MegaRAID software utilities. You configure the RAID system via
software configuration utilities. The utility programs for configuring MegaRAID are:
Configuration Utility
MegaRAID Configuration
MegaRAID Manager
independent of the operating system
Utility
Power Console
Continued
Operating System
DOS
SCO UNIX SVR3.2
Novell NetWare 3.x, 4.x
UnixWare
Microsoft Windows NT
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