14 Sun Fire X4150, X4250 and X4450 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide • January 2009
Create a Drivers Floppy Disk
For the Floppy Disk Local or Floppy Disk Remote delivery method, you need to create a
floppy disk containing the mass storage drivers before proceeding with the
Windows Server 2003 installation.
Ensure that the following system configurations and materials are readily available:
■ System with a connected floppy drive
■ Floppy disk
■ Windows.zip (see “Download Server-Specific Driver Packages” on page 7 for
details on accessing this package)
–or–
■ The latest Tools and Drivers CD/DVD for your Sun server (see “Download
Server-Specific Driver Packages” on page 7 for details on accessing this package)
▼ To Create a Drivers Floppy Disk
Sun provides the necessary files to help you manually create the floppy disk
required for Windows Server 2003 installation. Perform the steps listed below.
1. If you have downloaded windows.zip from the Sun download site (see
“Download Server-Specific Driver Packages” on page 7), proceed to Step 2.
–or–
Insert the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD into a Windows system with a CD/DVD
drive. The CD will autostart. At the main menu, click the Exit button. Then
perform the following sub-steps.
a. Start Windows Explorer and navigate to the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD.
b. Double-click the drivers folder to open it.
c. Skip to Step 9.
2. On a system running Microsoft Windows with a floppy drive, copy the
windows.zip file to a temporary directory.
3. Start Windows Explorer.
4. Navigate to the folder where you placed the downloaded file.
5. Select windows.zip.
6. Right-click on the file and select Extract All.
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