User`s guide

8-2 Solaris 10 x86 and Solaris Express x86 Driver Installation

Step 2. Boot the server with the Solaris DVD/CD.

Step 3. Select the Solaris installation at grub boot menu.

After the message Configuring devices appears on the

screen, a menu appears for you to continue the installation

process.

Step 4. Select the option Apply Driver Updates from the menu.

This prompts the next menu.

Step 5. On the menu, select the device (CD, floppy, or USB device)

from which to update the driver.

Step 6. As the driver update is on CD/DVD, eject the Solaris installation

DVD and insert the driver update CD/DVD created in step 1.

Step 7. Select the option Driver installation from CD/DVD to apply

the driver update.

This updates the driver.

Step 8. After the driver is updated, press E on the keyboard and re-

insert the Solaris operating system installation CD/DVD to

continue installing the Solaris operating system.

8.1.2 Installing the Driver Update (Install-Time-Update) from Floppy

Diskette

To install the driver on a drive attached to a MegaRAID SAS controller,

in a new Solaris system from Solaris 10 or Solaris Express installation

CD, perform the following steps.

Step 1. Create a floppy driver image from the .img image file provided.

Step 2. Boot the server with the Solaris DVD/CD.

Step 3. Select the Solaris installation at grub boot menu.

After you pass the message Configuring devices, a menu

appears for you to continue the installation process.

Step 4. Choose the option Apply Driver Updates from the menu.

The Apply Driver option updates the menu and prompts the

next menu where you can select the device (CD, floppy, USB

device) from which the driver can be updated.