Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ●53
Installing on UnixWare
To install the driver on UnixWare:
1Start your computer, then insert the driver disk.
2Begin the driver package installer:
pkgadd -d diskette1
3At the instal ler prompt, t ype
go
.
4Select 1 for the aacraid package.
5When the installation is complete, select q to quit the installer.
6Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk.
7Continue 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:
1Start your computer, then insert the driver disk.
2At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec CD:
mount –r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom.
3Install the module RPM:
rpm –ivh /mnt/cdrom/xxx/yyy.rpm
where
xxx
is the driver path, and
yyy.rpm
is the rpm file.
4Reboot 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 page 57 for more information.
Installing on FreeBSD
To install the driver on FreeBSD:
1Start your computer.
2Insert and mount the driver disk:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
3Copy the driver package to the /tmp directory:
cp /mnt/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz /tmp
4Install the driver package:
pkg_add /tmp/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz