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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 56

Installing on Windows

Follow the instructions in this section for your version of Windows.

Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP

To install the driver on Windows:

1 Start or restart Windows.

The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver.

2 Insert the driver disk, select Floppy drive, then click Next.

3 Click Next, then click Next again.

4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation.

5 Remove the driver disk and restart your computer.

6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 59.

Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista

1 Start or restart Windows.

The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver.

2 Insert the driver disk, then select Locate and Install Driver Software.... and Don’t Search

Online.

3 Click Next, then click Close.

4 When the installation is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer.

5 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 59.

Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux

To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux:

1 Insert and mount the RAID Controller Installation DVD:

Red Hat:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

SUSE:

mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

2 Install the module RPM:

rpm -Uvh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm

where

mount-point

is the specific mount point on the Linux system,

xxx

is the driver path,

and

yyy.rpm

is the rpm file.

3 Reboot your computer to ensure the driver loaded correctly.

4 Run fdisk, mkfs, and create mount points for any new disk drives.

5 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 59.

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