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6: Reinstalling the Operating System
If a driver you want to install is not available from the driver CD, it may be available from the operating system CD. A driver from your system’s driver CD is usually more current than the same driver from the operating system CD.
If expansion cards or peripheral devices have been installed since you received the system, you can get drivers from diskettes or CDs provided with these devices. See the documentation provided with these devices for installation instructions.
You can check SGI’s online services for the latest versions of your system’s drivers. If a later version of a driver is available, you can download it and install it on your system; keep it on diskette in case you need to reinstall it later. See the readme file delivered with a driver for installation instructions.
Installing the Operating System
To install the operating system, follow the instructions in the operating system documentation. See the following text for information you may need to complete operating system Setup.
Do the following during installation of the operating system:
• When prompted for the location of the SCSI controller driver and the network controller driver, put their driver diskettes in the system’s floppy disk drive, and then direct Setup to find the driver on the diskette. You may have to select the specific folder on the diskette that contains the driver you want to install.
• When prompted for the location of other drivers, put the system’s driver CD is in the system’s CD-ROM drive, and then direct Setup to find the driver on the CD.
You may have to select the specific folder on the CD that contains the driver you want to install.
• When prompted, create an Emergency Repair Disk.
Do the following after installation of the operating system:
• Install any drivers that were not installed during Setup (from the driver CD, diskettes, or other software CDs). See the readme
files delivered with these drivers for installation instructions.
• Be sure to reinstall the Shutdown Utility from the driver CD. If you do not, pressing the system’s Power button momentarily will put the system in a “suspend” state
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