Software Installation For I-Class Cards; Overview; Requirements - Tech Source RAPTOR 1100T - DRIVERS FOR LINUX INSTALLATION-REFERENCE Installation And Reference Manual

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR
3.1

Overview

This installation chapter describes how to install and configure
the drivers for I-Class Raptor cards. The I-Class Raptor cards
that are currently supported with this software are the Raptor
2000 and Raptor 2500. Installation of T-Class Raptor cards is
covered in Chapter 4.
3.2

Requirements

The following are prerequisites for installing the Raptor Drivers
for Linux Software:
•
At least 2MB of disk space available in / (root directory)
and /usr for drivers.
•
A Raptor card is presently installed in the workstation/server
(See Chapter 2 for instructions on installing a Raptor
graphics card).
•
Linux kernel v2.2.x or v2.4.x installed
•
XFree86 (v4.0 or later) installed and configured for the
current console graphics card
•
RPM (v3.0 or later) packaging tools for installing the
package
The device driver and the DDX module for Linux and XFree86
are loadable. No kernel changes or X server rebuilds are
required.
Chapter 3
I-CLASS CARDS
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