Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller
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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Depending on the item you selected, you may see either .zip (for
Windows) or .tgz (for Linux/FreeBSD) files to download.
8
Read and agree to the license agreement that appears.
9
Click
Save
to save the file to disk.
10 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a local
directory or a diskette.
(Make note of the absolute path to the local directory.)
11 Turn to the driver section for your operating system, below:
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Windows, on page 176
•
RedHat Linux, on page 181
•
SuSE Linux, on page 183
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FreeBSD, on page 184
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Updating the firmware for Linux or FreeBSD, page 185
To make a driver diskette
If you want to create a driver diskette, extract the driver files to a floppy in
step 9 above. Refer to the user manual for your operating system for more
details.
Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware
Under Windows
You can update both the driver and the firmware under Windows, using the
utility 3wUpdate.exe. This utility is included with the driver files when you
download them.
If you only need to update the driver, you can either use the update utility as
described below, or you can update it through the Windows Device Manager,
as described under “Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP” on
page 176.
When you use the update utility, you bypass the device driver screens that you
see when you update just the driver through Windows Device Manager.
Note:
If using Winzip or another Windows utility to extract the Linux
file, use the .zip version instead of the .tgz version. Otherwise the files
will not be compatible with Linux.
