3Ware 9550SX-4LP User Guide - Page 211

Updating the Driver and Firmware 6 When details about the download you requested appear, click the link for the item you want to download. Depending on the item you selected, you may see either .zip (for Windows) or .tgz (for Linux/FreeBSD) files to download. 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. 7 Read and agree to the license agreement that appears. 8 Click Save to save the file to disk. 9 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a diskette or to a local directory. 10 Turn to the driver section for your operating system, below: • Windows, on page 207 • RedHat Linux, on page 213 • SuSE Linux, on page 214 • FreeBSD, on page 216 • Updating the firmware for Linux or FreeBSD, page 216 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 207. 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. www.3ware.com 201