Adaptec 6805E User Manual and Install Guide - Page 117
System Requirements, Compatibility Notes, Before You Begin, Obtaining the Firmware
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Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 116 System Requirements ● DOS version 5.0 or later. Note: You can't run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of extended memory. Compatibility Notes ● Supports HIMEM.SYS; compatible with other DOS drivers running under HIMEM.SYS (for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS). ● Does not support DOS extenders installed in memory, such as EMM386.SYS and DOS4GW. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create firmware disks (see page 117). There are two ways to run the AFU: 1 Using the AFU menus (see page 117) 2 From the command line (see page 118) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● Adaptec Installation DVD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of firmware/BIOS and AFU. See www.adaptec.com for more information.