Red Hat Enterprise 5 Overview - HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx User Manual

Linux Driver Support

1 - Red Hat Enterprise 5 Overview

This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the
RocketRAID host adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 3 Linux system.
2 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 5 (AS, ES, WS) Linux
on the RocketRAID 3xxx controller
To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attached to
RocketRAID host adapter:
Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette
The driver is provided in a floppy diskette image file format.
On a DOS or Windows system, a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite.exe. This
utility is included on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD (under /dosutils). Run rawrite
using a command prompt window, and follow the directions it provides.
On a Linux system, use the "dd" command to generate a boot diskette. Insert a floppy
disk into the floppy drive and type the following command:
# dd if= hptiop_00-rhel-4u4.img of=/dev/fd0
Step 2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux by booting from the installation CD.
At the "Welcome to Red Hat Linux" installation screen, a prompt labeled "boot:" will
appear at the bottom of the screen. Type in linux dd, then press Enter.
boot: linux dd
When prompted "Do you have a driver disk?". Select "Yes".
When prompted "Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue", insert the driver
diskette into the system's floppy drive, and select "OK".
1. The system will now load the RocketRAID driver automatically.
2. When prompted "Where do you want to install the boot loader? " in the "Boot
Loader Configuration" dialog, select "Master Boot Record (MBR)" to instruct the
system be to boot from the RocketRAID host adapter.
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