Installing With Red Hat Linux 5; Installing With Red Hat Linux 6 Or Fedora Linux - Adaptec 2045 Installation And User Manual

Installing with Red Hat Linux 5

Note:
You will need your Red Hat 5 Installation CD to complete this task.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5:
Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD.
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Restart your computer.
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When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type
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When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK.
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Follow the prompts to set up the environment you want.
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If you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. Otherwise, select Done.
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Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with your operating
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system.
Continue with
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Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux

Note:
You will need your Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD to complete this task. You must
have root privileges to install the driver image.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat 6 or Fedora Linux:
Insert the Red Hat or Fedora Installation CD.
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Restart your computer.
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When the Welcome screen appears, press Enter, wait for the graphical installation to begin,
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then type CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the shell. Do not pass the
Do not click Next!
Insert the driver disk.
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Type the following commands to load the controller driver:
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mkdir /mnt2 /AACRAID
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt2
cp -r /mnt2/* /AACRAID
umount /mnt2
cd /AACRAID
sh ./fc-pre-install.sh
Note:
These commands assume the floppy drive is assigned to /dev/fd0 . Use fdisk -l to
list all devices.
Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, then click Next.
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Follow the on-screen prompts to continue the installation. When prompted to reboot the
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system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. Do not reboot!
Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System
Managing Your Storage Space on page
at the Boot: prompt.
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