It depends on the product and vendor. IIRC, you might have to rename the driver file to match what is being loaded, but I don't recall exactly what we did, and that procedure can really hose things if you mess it up. I think we renamed the current driver to .old, and named the new driver the old driver name. Best if you can either contact the vendor for the correct procedure, or try reinstalling the old card first and then doing the install of the new card, especially if you have enough slots in the server for both cards. I know once I figured out what was going on, I got on the phone and was glad I did. The server support folks really knew their stuff and I was running again in less than an hour...
********************** Charlie Kaiser MCSE, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Raid > > I have the driver. > can i just copy that one .sys file to the drivers dir from rc? > thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Raid > > > Ouch. Been there, done that. Walked through the fix with Dell or HP; > can't remember which. Anyway, it involved booting into the recovery > console and replacing the driver file from the RC. The vendor was able > to ID the file and location pretty easily. > Another method is to reinstall the old card and then install > the driver > while the old card is running. If done correctly, the drivers > won't take > for the current card, but will be available for the new one when > installed. > This is a good one to burn a call to the vendor's support dept. > > ********************** > Charlie Kaiser > MCSE, CCNA > Systems Engineer > Essex Credit / Brickwalk > 510 595 5083 > ********************** > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom > > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:51 PM > > To: ActiveDir (E-mail) > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Raid > > > > Whats the best way to install raid hd drivers if you've > > replaced a raid controller for an already existing install of > > windows 2k? > > > > At what point do you install the drivers. > > I get to the windows logo screen and then bsod with > > "inaccessable boot device". i just replaced the raid > > controller so i think its a driver isse. i just don't know > > when and how to install the drivers in this case. > > thanks > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
