To add hardware to a server running a Server Core installation
1. Follow the instructions provided by the hardware vendor for installing new hardware:
• If the driver for the hardware is included in Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3, Plug and Play will start and install the driver.
• If the driver for the hardware is not included, proceed with the steps 2 and 3.
2. Copy the driver files to a temporary folder on the server running a Server Core installation.
3. At a command prompt, open the folder where the driver files are located, and then execute the following command:
Pnputil -i -a <driverinf>
Where:
driverinf is the file name of the .inf file for the driver.
4. If prompted, restart the computer.
To obtain a list of drivers that are installed on the server running a Server Core installation
• At a command prompt, type:
sc query type= driver