Installation guide

Chapter 7. Driver Installation
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This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to your
operating system. The installation procedures use the following terminology:
Installing operating system on the SAS/SATA Volume
If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to
install operating system on a disk drive managed by the SAS RAID Controller. The
driver installation is a part of the operating system installation.
Installing SAS RAID controller into an existing operating system
The computer has an existing operating system installed and the SAS RAID
controller is being installed as a secondary controller.
Have all required system hardware and software components on hand before
proceeding with the setup and installation.
Materials required:
• Microsoft Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003, or Linux, or FreeBSD installation
CD-ROM
• SAS RAID controller Diver CD-ROM
• SAS RAID controller
6.1 Creating the Driver Diskettes
The CD-ROM disc shipped with the SAS RAID controller, if you do not have the
CD-ROM disc with the package, contact your local dealer or you can also
download the latest version drivers for Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003, Linux and
FreeBSD from the AXUS ftp site, account and password please contacts sales
or technical support.
The following steps are required to create the Driver
diskettes:
Before Installation - Under DOS/Windows environment
a. Unzip "install.zip"
X:\PATH\pkunzip.exe install.zip =>> driver.img
b. Dump it into a floppy disk.
X:\PATH\rawrite.exe driver.img A: