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Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary Controller
5-4 PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual
Type mdac and press <Enter>.
: mdac ↵
4. The system then displays standard UNIX messages, such as loading
Kernel fd(64) UNIX.text, UNIX.data, UNIX.bss, etc.
The system will then provide the following message prompt:
Please insert the fd(60)mdac volume and press
<Return>
or 'q' to quit
5. Insert the Software Kit SCO OpenServer Driver diskette into the
primary floppy drive and press <Enter>:
☛ Note
When installing SCO OpenServer 5.0.x, you will be
asked if you would like to try a replacement of the
existing mdac package. Type ‘r’ for try replacement.
6. Follow the standard SCO UNIX installation procedure until you see the
following message:
Please insert (mdac) package BTLD disk into the
floppy drive so that it can be extracted onto the
hard disk for incorporation into the link-kit.
This is where the driver package diskette is inserted a second time.
7. Insert the Software Kit SCO OpenServer Driver diskette and press
<Enter>. The system will respond with the following message:
Extracting BTLD distribution for mdac...
8. From this point forward, follow the standard procedure for SCO UNIX
installation. Make sure the entire Extended Utilities of SCO UNIX are
installed. Near the end of the installation, the following description is
displayed:
The following packages are on this disk:
NAME DESCRIPTION
mdac <Mylex Controller Description>
Please enter the names of the packages you wish to
install, or 'q' to quit
[default: mdac]: