Installing With Suse Linux Enterprise Server; Installing With Debian Linux - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

Installing with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux:
1. Insert the first SuSE Installation CD.
2. Restart your computer.
3. When the SuSE installation selection screen appears, choose the type of installation you want, press
the key, then select Yes to indicate that you have a driver disk. (If F6 is not shown on the screen,
F6
you may have an older version of SuSE; press the
4. Insert the USB driver disk.
5. Type this command on the 'Boot Options' line and press
linux dd
6. When prompted to "Please choose the Driver Update medium," highlight the USB partition, then
select OK.
If the "choose Driver Update medium" screen is displayed again, assume that the driver was accepted
and select Back.
7. Follow the prompts to continue the installation.
Note: For SuSE Linux 11, switch to the console by typing
installation is between 50%-90% complete, type this command:
cp -a /update/install /mnt/tmp
...then press
CTRL+ALT+F7
installation as usual.
8. Complete the installation, following the on-screen instructions.
9. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space

Installing with Debian Linux

Note: You will need your Debian 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 Debian Linux:
1. Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your computer.
2. When the Welcome screen appears, select Graphical Install. Continue the installation until you see
the "Configure Network" screen, then type
3. Insert the USB driver disk, then type the following command to scan for the device:
fdisk -l
4. Assuming the USB drive is assigned to
the driver:
mkdir /AACRAID
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
cp -R /mnt/* /AACRAID
umount /mnt
Note: The following steps assume you are installing Debian 6 using kernel 2.6.32-5.
5. Copy the driver file to the /lib/modules directory:
Debian 32-bit:
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key instead.)
Alt
Enter
to return to the installation screen and complete the
on page 54.
to switch to the console.
CTRL+ALT+F2
, type the following commands to begin loading
/dev/sda1
:
when the
CTRL+ALT+F2
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