AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User’s Manual
3-2 Adding the Driver into an Existing System
Use the following procedures for adding a driver into an existing system.
NOTE: An existing system is a system that has an operating system already
installed and the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card driver is being installed as a
Secondary Controller.
For the Windows Operating System:
1. Install the controller and make sure that the BIOS screen is displayed.
2. Start the Windows OS. The Windows OS displays the FOUND NEW HARDWARE
WIZARD window and searches for the installer driver.
3. Insert the driver floppy disk that you've created into the floppy drive, select the
floppy drive as the source, and press the ENTER key.
4. Continue clicking NEXT until the driver is successfully installed.
5. Remove the driver disk from the floppy disk drive and restart the system to complete
the installation process.
For the Linux Operating System:
1. Insert the CD-ROM that contains the Linux OS driver into the CD drive.
2. At the # prompt, type: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdromand press ENTER to
mount the CD-ROM directory into the system directory.
3. At the # prompt, type: cd /mnt/cdrom/Linux_3_4_0and press ENTER to
change the directory to the CD-ROM directory.
4. Read the README.txt file and exit.
5. At the # prompt, type: cd /mnt/cdrom/Linux_3_4_0/Docs/and press ENTER.
6. Read the documents included carefully and follow the instructions given to create
the driver and install it into the system.
3-3 Installing the Driver into a New System
Use the following procedures for installing a driver into a new system.
NOTE: A new system is a system that has no operating system installed yet,
and the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card driver installation is a part of the OS
installation.
Make sure the boot hard drive is mounted on Slot #3 of the backplane in order
to boot from the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card.
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