Appendix B Device Driver Installation This Appendix covers the installation of device drivers.
Introduction Device drivers are software files that allow pieces of hardware to communicate effectively with the notebook and the operating system. All such specific drivers necessary have been preloaded for the various hardware units that have been packaged with your system. All the device drivers needed for your system are also available on the support CD that shipped with your notebook. The support CD contains drivers for: ! 3Mode – Japanese floppy disk drivers and utilities (In order to support 1.
Suspend-to-Disk Partition Program Your notebook has a preinstalled suspend-to-disk partition to support the amount of memory that was factory installed in your notebook. If you expand the memory beyond the capacity of the original suspend-to-disk partition, you will need to create a larger partition on your hard disk drive. NOTE: Changing the suspend-to-disk partition involves reorganizing your complete hard disk drive. This causes all data on the disk to be deleted.
1. Turn on your system and go to DOS mode, i.e. your hard disk must at least have been formatted before you can install any drivers. 2. Insert the support floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. 3. At the DOS prompt, type the following command: A:\CD-ROM\install (Where A represents the floppy disk drive) Then press the Enter key. 4. The proper drivers will be installed on your notebook’s hard disk. When the installation is finished, remove the floppy disk, and then reboot the system.
. If you need to restart the system, return afterwards back to the installation program to finish all the other installations you need to make. For more help on the installation program, review the manual file linked to the [Manual] button.
