Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller170 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User GuideDepending on the item you selected, you may see either .zip (forWindows) or .tgz (for Linux/FreeBSD) files to download.8 Read and agree to the license agreement that appears.9 Click Save to save the file to disk.10 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a localdirectory or a diskette.(Make note of the absolute path to the local directory.)11 Turn to the driver section for your operating system, below:• Windows, on page 176• RedHat Linux, on page 181• SuSE Linux, on page 183• FreeBSD, on page 184• Updating the firmware for Linux or FreeBSD, page 185To make a driver disketteIf you want to create a driver diskette, extract the driver files to a floppy instep 9 above. Refer to the user manual for your operating system for moredetails.Updating the 3ware Driver and FirmwareUnder WindowsYou can update both the driver and the firmware under Windows, using theutility 3wUpdate.exe. This utility is included with the driver files when youdownload them.If you only need to update the driver, you can either use the update utility asdescribed below, or you can update it through the Windows Device Manager,as described under “Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP” onpage 176.When you use the update utility, you bypass the device driver screens that yousee when you update just the driver through Windows Device Manager.Note: If using Winzip or another Windows utility to extract the Linuxfile, use the .zip version instead of the .tgz version. Otherwise the fileswill not be compatible with Linux.
