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Summary, Step 12 install operating system driver – LSI MegaRAID Express 500 User Manual

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CD-ROM Driver A device driver is provided with MegaRAID Express 500 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. Configure the RAID system via software
configuration utilities. See the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide for all
information about MegaRAID Express 500 software utilities. The utility programs for
configuring MegaRAID Express 500 are:

Configuration Utility

Operating System

MegaRAID BIOS Setup

independent of the operating system

MegaRAID Manager

DOS

Linux Red Hat 6.x

OS/2 2.x, OS/2 Warp

SCO UNIX SVR3.2

SCO UnixWare

Novell NetWare 3.x, 4.x

Power Console 500

Microsoft Windows NT

Windows 95