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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 74 Installing on Windows Follow the instructions in this section for your version of Windows. Installing on Windows Server 2003 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 79. Installing on Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, 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 79. Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux To install the driver on Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, or Fedora Linux: 1 Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: Red Hat: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SuSE: mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom Fedora: mount /dev/hdc /mnt/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 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 79.

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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
●
74
Installing on Windows
Follow the instructions in this section for your version of Windows.
Installing on Windows Server 2003
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 79
.
Installing on Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, 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 79
.
Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux
To install the driver on Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, or Fedora Linux:
1
Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD:
Red Hat:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
SuSE:
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Fedora:
mount /dev/hdc /mnt/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
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 79
.