Installing With Windows; Installing With Red Hat Linux 5 Or Cent Os 5; Installing With Red Hat Linux 6, Cent Os 6, Or Fedora Linux; Red Hat Linux 6, Cent Os 6 With Dynamic Kernel Module Support - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

Installing with Windows

Note: The following instructions apply to all supported Windows operating systems.
You will need your Windows Installation CD to complete this task.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows:
1. Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation.
3. When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select Load Driver.
4. Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK.
The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder.
5. When the Adaptec driver is found, press Next.
You may see the message 'No drives were found'. Repeat
and Step 5. On the second attempt, the driver will load successfully.
6. Click Next again to accept the default partition configuration, or refer to your Windows documentation
to configure partitions manually.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
8. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space

Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 or Cent OS 5

Note: You will need the installation CD for your operating system to complete this
task.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5 or Cent OS 5:
1. Insert your installation CD.
2. Restart your computer.
3. When the first installation screen appears, insert the USB driver disk.
4. Type this command at the Boot: prompt and press
linux dd
5. Select Yes to indicate that you have a driver disk, then select the driver image from the USB drive
(typically, ).
/dev/sda1
6. Complete the Linux installation, following the on-screen instructions.
7. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space

Installing with Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6, or Fedora Linux

Follow the instructions in this section to install the controller driver with Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6, or
Fedora Linux. We recommend that you install the driver with Dynamic Kernel Module Support, or DKMS.
DKMS ensures that the driver remains installed across OS or online updates. The DKMS instructions are
valid for Red Hat 6 and Cent OS 6 only.

Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6 with Dynamic Kernel Module Support

Note: You will need your OS installation CD and a USB flash drive 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 Cent OS 6:
1. Copy
aacraid-1.2.1.29900-dd.img
Adaptec Installation DVD to a USB flash drive. Remove the USB drive when you are finished.
2. Insert the OS installation CD, then restart your computer.
3. When the graphical Welcome screen appears, press
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and from the Linux driver directory on the
aacraid.conf
, then insert the USB driver disk.
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(browse to driver location),
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