Obtain and Prepare the Device Drivers

You can obtain the required device drivers from the Sun Blade 8000 Resource CD. Alternatively, you can download the required device drivers from the Sun Blade 8000 Series product page.

Specifically on the Resource CD, you will locate the required drivers in the following directories (support/drivers/w2K3SP1/...):

How to Prepare Device Drivers for Installation

To prepare the device drivers for installation, you need to perform one of the following tasks:

  • For Installations Using Image Files. You will need to have the floppy.img file available for installation at boot time. You should also have an ISO image file available after installing the OS. These files should be placed on a shared network location or on the system hosting the Sun ILOM Remote Console application. Alternatively, you can create a RIS image containing these files, as well as, other files required for the Windows installation. For more information about creating a RIS image, see Microsoft's documentation

  • For Installation Using Distribution Media. You will need to create a mass storage device floppy to store the required driver files and executables. For more information about creating a mass-storage device floppy, see the following procedure.

Before You Begin

The following procedure to create a mass-storage device floppy requires:

  • PC or laptop running Microsoft Windows

  • Attached external (or internal) floppy disk drive

  • Attached external (or internal) CD/DVD media drive

  • Sun Blade 8000 Resource CD

    Note

    If you intend to use the floppy image file to install the drivers, you do not need to create a mass-storage device floppy.

Create Mass-Storage Device Floppy

  1. On a system running Microsoft Windows, insert the Resource CD into the CD/DVD media drive.

  2. Insert a blank floppy disk into the floppy drive.

  3. In Windows Explorer, open the floppy_images directory and double-click rawrite32.exe to run the Create Driver Utility.

    Note

    This utility will run on 32-bit and 64-bit X86 systems running Microsoft Windows.

  4. Select the location of the floppy driver set (drivers on Resource CD to install) and specify the target drive location (where the floppy drive is currently inserted) then click Write to Disk.

    A confirmation message appears.

  5. In the confirmation message, click OK to continue.

    A message appears stating that the image successfully was written to disk.

    Note

    During the normal 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Windows setup, you will be instructed to load the mass-storage device floppy in conjunction with the F6 option.