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Installing the network adapter
1. Execute the su root command to obtain the root access right.
2. If the driver is saved in a USB device, use the mount device dir command to mount the USB
device, mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt for example.
3. Execute the cd dir command to enter the directory where the driver resides, cd /mnt/dir for
example.
4. Install the network adapter:
{ For .rpm, execute the rpm –ivh filename.rpm command.
Figure 166 Installing a Linux network adapter in .rpm format
{ For .deb, execute the dpkg –i filename.deb command.
Figure 167 Installing a Linux network adapter in .deb format
5. Reboot the server and display the driver version to verify that the driver has been installed
successfully.