Adaptec 1405 User Guide - Page 29

Installing on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 - setup

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Chapter 6: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System l 29 Installing on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 1 Insert the Windows setup CD. 2 Right-click the Computer and select Manage. 3 From the Computer Management, select Device Manager to open the list. 4 Under Other Devices, select SAS Controller. 5 Right-click SAS Controller and select Update Driver Software. 6 Browse the installation path of the driver and click Next. 7 Once the installation is complete a message appears "Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device". Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 1 Insert and mount the Installation CD: Red Hat-mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SuSE-mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 2 Install the module RPM: rpm -ivh 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 Once the installation is complete, verify if the adpinv.ko is available in the following location. /lib/modules/current-kernel/kernel/drivers/scsi 4 Now restart the system to successfully load the driver packages.

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Chapter 6: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
l 29
Installing on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
1
Insert the Windows setup CD.
2
Right-click the
Computer
and select
Manage
.
3
From the
Computer Management
, select
Device Manager
to open the list.
4
Under
Other Devices
, select
SAS Controller.
5
Right-click
SAS Controller
and select
Update Driver Software
.
6
Browse the installation path of the driver and click
Next
.
7
Once the installation is complete a message appears “Windows has finished installing the
driver software for this device”.
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
1
Insert and mount the Installation CD:
Red Hat—mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
SuSE—mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
2
Install the module RPM:
rpm -ivh 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
Once the installation is complete, verify if the adpinv.ko is available in the following
location.
/lib/modules/current-kernel/kernel/drivers/scsi
4
Now restart the system to successfully load the driver packages.