Installing on unixware, Installing on vmware, Installing on freebsd – Adaptec SAS/SATA/SCSI RAID Controllers User Manual
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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
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Installing on UnixWare
To install the driver on UnixWare:
1
Start your computer, then insert the driver disk.
2
Begin the driver package installer:
pkgadd -d diskette1
3
At the installer prompt, type
go
.
4
Select 1 for the aacraid package.
5
When the installation is complete, select q to quit the installer.
6
Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk.
7
Continue with
Managing Your Storage Space on page 55
.
Installing on VMWare
Note:
The embedded driver provided by VMWare should be suitable for most applications. If an
updated driver is needed, use the following procedure.
To install the driver on VMWare:
1
Start your computer, then insert the driver disk.
2
At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec CD:
mount –r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom.
3
Install the module RPM:
rpm –ivh /mnt/cdrom/xxx/yyy.rpm
where
xxx
is the driver path, and
yyy.rpm
is the rpm file.
4
Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk.
Note:
Currently, Adaptec Storage Manager is not supported on VMWare. To create and manage
arrays, use the
ARC
utility. See
for more information.
Installing on FreeBSD
To install the driver on FreeBSD:
1
Start your computer.
2
Insert and mount the driver disk:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
3
Copy the driver package to the /tmp directory:
cp /mnt/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz /tmp
4
Install the driver package:
pkg_add /tmp/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz