Installing The Red Hat Or Suse Linux Driver; Installing The Red Hat Driver In A New Linux System - Adaptec 1420SA Installation And User Manual

6 Click Next as needed to complete the controller installation.
7 Remove the driver disk.
8 If prompted, restart the computer.
9 Your installation is complete. If you want to create an array
from the BIOS, see
Utility.

Installing the Red Hat or SuSE Linux Driver

This section contains the following procedures:

Installing the Red Hat Driver in a New Linux System

Installing the SuSE Driver in a New Linux System
Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE
Linux System
Installing the Red Hat Driver in a New Linux System
To install the driver while also installing the Red Hat operating
system:
1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described
in Installing the Controller on page
2 Create a driver disk as shown in
page 3-3. When finished, remove the driver disk.
3 If creating an array, press Ctrl+A when prompted to enter the
ARC utility. For instructions on creating an array from the
BIOS, see Creating Arrays on page
volume, skip to
4 Insert the Red Hat CD Disk 1 in the CD drive then restart the
system.
5 When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type expert or
linux dd at the boot prompt.
6 When prompted, insert the driver disk you created in
then select OK.
7 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment.
Chapter 6, Adaptec RAID Configuration
Step 4.
2-2.
Creating a Driver Disk on
6-3. If creating a simple
Installing the Driver
Step 2,
3-5