Re: Question about F6 when installing SBS

Gregg, the F6 option is not an SBS "thing" but a Windows "thing".

Yes, when you press F6 from Windows, you get an ability to install more than
one diskette. I have used ShadowProtect to also do the F6 thing, but only
with a single diskette. Again, I believe that that is a Windows thing. If it
is not letting you add a second driver diskette, then contact Storagecraft
tech support. They are super responsive.

But let me ask you this, have you tried booting up Shadowprotect without
doing the F6? I have a server with SCSI Raid that I was expecting to do an
F6, but I didn't press it in time, and lo and behold, it came up and saw my
drives anyway.

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello!

I have a generic question regarding the "Hit F6 to install additional
adapter drivers" that one sees when first installing Windows. I am using
an application from StorageCraft called ShadowProtect which starts up off
of a bootable CD and starts a GUI interface (it looks like a normal
Windows boot when it first starts). When it first boots, it says to hit F6
to load additional drivers. I have two adapters, a Siig SATA adapter, and
an Adaptec 1420SA SATA RAID controller. I can only load the drivers for
one or the other of these adapters using F6, but not both. Once I load one
(either one), if I hit "S" again, it keeps trying to load the one that is
already loaded and does not give the chance to load another driver.

Is this the same behavior I would see when actually loading SBS, or does
SBS let you use F6 to load more than one set of drivers for multiple
adapters?

I am wondering if this behavior is limited to the ShadowProtect
application or if it is a Windows thing.

Any help is appreciated!

Gregg Hill





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