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where tempdir is the temporary location of the driver files.
Unmount and remove the RAID Controller Installation DVD and the USB drive.
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Insert the Debian or Ubuntu Installation CD.
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Restart your computer.
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When the Welcome screen appears, select Graphical Install. Follow the prompts until you
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see the message "No disk drive was detected." Insert the driver disk (USB stick), select Go
Back, press Enter, then type CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console.
Type the following commands to load the driver:
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For Debian 32-bit:
mkdir /mnt2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt2
cp -f /mnt2/aacraid.ko-PRE_MOD /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-486/kernel/drivers/scsi/
aacraid/aacraid.ko
cp -f /mnt2/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /etc
cp -f /mnt2/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686 /etc
umount /dev/sda1
For Debian 64-bit:
mkdir /mnt2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt2
cp -f /mnt2/aacraid.ko /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/
aacraid/aacraid.ko
cp -f /mnt2/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 /etc
umount /dev/sda1
For Ubuntu 32-bit:
mkdir /mnt2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt2
cp -f /mnt2/aacraid.ko-PRE_MOD /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/kernel/drivers/
scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko
cp -f /mnt2/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /etc
cp -f /mnt2/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae /etc
umount /dev/sda1
For Ubuntu 64-bit:
mkdir /mnt2
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt2
cp -f /mnt2/aacraid.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/
aacraid/aacraid.ko
cp -f /mnt2/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-server /etc
umount /dev/sda1
Note:
These commands assume the USB drive is assigned to /dev/sda1.
Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, select Go Back, then press
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Enter.
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!
Note:
Adaptec drivers for Debian and Ubuntu do not support LVM partitioning! Be sure to
select 'Guided - use entire disk', NOT 'Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM'.
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