User Manual

ROMB Software User Manual
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Software Driver Upgrade
Follow this procedure to upgrade the ROMB driver on your PC or server.
Step 1: Preparation
To perform this procedure, you need one of the following items:
• A blank DOS formatted diskette
• A USB memory stick
• A blank CD
Step 2: Download Driver Files
1. Go to the Promise website www.promise.com/support.
2. Click Downloads.
3. Click the Select Product popup menu and choose ROMB.
4. Click the Select Category popup menu and choose Driver.
5. Click the GO button.
The list of current drivers displays. Promise provides 32-bit and 64-bit
versions of its drivers. Be sure you choose the appropriate driver for your
system.
6. Click the driver you want.
7. In the File Download dialog box, click the Save button.
8. In the Save As dialog box, direct the driver to save to a convenient location
on your PC.
9. Copy the files to the blank, formatted diskette.
For Windows driver files: Unzip the downloaded driver package and copy the
files to the diskette or memory stick.
For Linux driver files, do one of the following actions:
• On a Windows PC – Type rawrite.exe to extract the driver image file to
the blank diskette.
• On a Linux PC – Type dd if=<imageFileName>
of=<floppyDeviceName> bs=10k to extract the driver image file to the
blank diskette.
Where <imageFileName> is the driver image file name and
<floppyDeviceName> is the device name, such as /dev/ fd0.
10. Label the diskette, memory stick or CD ROMB Driver.
Use the ROMB Driver medium to upgrade to the latest software driver. Go to
step 3, below.