Adaptec ARO-1130CA Installation And Hardware Manual

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4-2ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware GuideInstalling the Array1000CA Driver for Windows NTThis section explains how to install the Array1000CA MiniportDriver (cda1000.sys) for Windows NT. To begin driver installation,see either Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT below, orInstalling the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed onpage 4-3.Note: We recommend that you install your Windows NToperating system on an array to take advantage of the per-formance or redundancy features of the array.Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NTTo install thecda1000.sys driver when you are installing WindowsNT, follow the instructions below.Note: If you have multiple arrays, we recommend tempo-rarily powering off all devices except for the boot arraybefore installing Windows NT; otherwise, Windows NT lim-its the size of the partitions you can create to 1 GByte. WhenWindows NT installation is complete, power on all devicesand reboot the system.Windows NT 4.0 InstallationTo install thecda1000.sys driver when you are installing WindowsNT 4.0, follow these steps:1 Start your system with the Windows NT Boot Diskette in thefloppy disk drive or the Windows NT Boot CD-ROM in theCD-ROM drive.2 Boot diskette installation: When prompted, insert diskette #2 inyour floppy drive. After a few moments you will see a bluescreen. To setup Windows NT now, press Enter and continuewith Step 3 below.Boot CD-ROM installation: When the following messageappears onscreen, press the F6 key and skip to Step 4 below.Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware…