14 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008
■ System with a floppy drive
■ Floppy disk
■ The latest Tools and Drivers CD for you server, or FloppyPack.zip (See
“Downloading Server-Specific Driver Packages” on page 7 for details on
obtaining FloppyPack.zip)
▼ To Create a Floppy Disk for the Sun Blade X6250
Server Module
Sun provides a wizard to help create the necessary floppy disk required for
Windows Server 2003 installation. The Sun Mass-Storage Driver Disk Creation
wizard may be started using one of the following methods: from the main menu of
your server’s Tools and Drivers CD, or from the mkfloppy.exe wizard. Directions
for using either method are described below.
1. Start the Sun Mass-Storage Driver Disk Creation wizard using one of the
following methods:
■ Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into a Windows system with a CD/DVD
drive. The CD will autostart. At the main menu, select Make a Mass-Storage
Driver Disk, and then proceed to Step 2.
--or--
■ If you have downloaded FloppyPack.zip from the Sun download site (see
“Downloading Server-Specific Driver Packages” on page 7), do the following
to copy and extract the files:
i. On a system running Microsoft Windows software with a floppy drive,
copy the FloppyPack.zip file to a temporary directory.
ii. Start Windows Explorer.
iii. Navigate to the folder where you placed the downloaded file.
iv. Select FloppyPack.zip.
v. On the File menu, click Extract All.
Note – If your version of Windows Explorer does not natively support compressed
folders, use a third-party utility to extract the contents of the zip file. Make sure to
maintain the directory structure of the folders after extracting them.
vi. Extract the files into a new (empty) folder.
