Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
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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 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 Installation CD:
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
.