LSI Mylex PCI Disk Array Controllers Driver, Installation Manual

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Solaris 7
7-2 PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual
Solaris 7
Creating a Driver Diskette for Solaris 7
Before installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller Drivers for Solaris 7,
a Mylex MDAC Supplemental Driver Diskette (MDAC Supplemental
Diskette) must be created according to the instructions in Appendix A,
“Creating PCI Driver Installation Diskettes” on page A-1.
This diskette will be used in both the primary and secondary installation
processes and when updating a previously installed driver whenever
instructed.
How to use the Mylex Supplemental Driver Diskette
You can use the Mylex Supplemental Driver Diskette you just created in the
previous section in one of two ways:
• To use new drivers to install or upgrade the Solaris operating
environment on a system with new hardware (primary installation), or
• To add new drivers to support (update) new hardware on an already
installed booted system (secondary installation).
Installing Solaris 7 Using the Solaris Device Configuration
Assistant Diskette for a Primary Installation
The steps below describe how to use drivers on the Solaris Device
Configuration Assistant Diskette
1
for a Primary Installation to install Solaris
(Intel Platform Edition) on a new system.
These instructions assume that you are installing Solaris 7 onto an x86
system using the Mylex MDAC driver.
Use the appropriate Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette as the
boot diskette.
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Insert the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette into your
computer’s disk drive. Also, insert the Solaris Installation
1. The Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette is a boot
diskette provided by Sun Microsystems.