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5. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and label it IBM ServeRAID Device
6. If you are not creating the diskettes on Linux, continue to step 7.. Otherwise, type
7. Remove the IBM ServeRAID Support CD from the CD-ROM drive.
Installing device drivers while installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 (or later)
This section provides instructions for installing the ServeRAID device driver (version
4.20) from diskette. Before you can install the device driver, you must download an
updated installation diskette image from the Red Hat Web site and create the Updated
Red Hat Installation diskette and the IBM ServeRAID Device Driver for Red Hat Linux
diskette (see "Creating Red Hat diskettes" on page 12).
1. Insert the Updated Red Hat Installation diskette into the diskette drive.
2. Turn on or restart the server.
3. At the command prompt, type:
4. Insert the Red Hat 6.2 Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
5. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
Installing or updating device drivers after installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 (or
later)
This section provides instructions for installing or updating the ServeRAID device driv-
ers after installing Red Hat Linux 6.2.
This set of instructions assumes the following:
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To install or update device drivers from diskette after installing Linux, do the following:
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Device Driver for Red Hat Linux diskette into the dis-
2. Type the following and press Enter:
3. Type the following and press Enter:
4. Type the following and press Enter:
5. Type the following and press Enter:
6. Type the following and press Enter:
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ServeRAID™-4x Ultra160 SCSI Controller Device Driver Installation Instructions
diskettedevicefile is the specific device file for the diskette block device. Typi-
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cally, this is /dev/fd0.
Driver for Red Hat Linux diskette.
the following and press Enter:
umount /mnt
linux dd
and any other options for your installation; then, press Enter.
You already have a Red Hat 6.2 Linux operating system installed on your server.
You want to add a ServeRAID controller to your server or update the ServeRAID
device driver.
kette drive.
mount -t vfat /dev/ diskettedevicefile /mnt/floppy
where diskettedevicefile is the specific device file for the diskette block device.
Typically, this is /dev/fd0.
cd /mnt/floppy
sh updrh.sh
cd /
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