Adaptec 3405 User Guide - Page 64

Installing on Windows, Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP - software

Page 64 highlights

Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 64 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 67. Installing with 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 67. Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 Insert and mount the RAID Controller 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 67.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158

Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
64
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 67
.
Installing with 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 67
.
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux
To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux:
1
Insert and mount the RAID Controller 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 67
.