Installing On Red Hat, Cent Os, Suse, Or Fedora Linux; Installing On Debian Linux; Installing On Ubuntu Linux - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

Installing on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux

To install the driver on Red Hat Linux, Cent OS, SuSE Linux, or Fedora Linux:
1. Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD:
Options Description
Red Hat, Cent OS: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
SuSE: mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Fedora: mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
2. Install the module RPM:
rpm -ivh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm
where mount-point is the mount point on the Linux system, xxx is the driver path, and yyy.rpm is
the rpm file.
3. Reboot your computer to ensure the driver loaded correctly.
4. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space

Installing on Debian Linux

Note: You must have root privileges to install the driver image. For Debian Linux, the
su command is sufficient.
To install the driver on Debian Linux:
1. Insert and mount the Debian Installation DVD:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
2. Load the Debian unpacking tools:
apt-get install build-essential
3. Install the DEB driver package (where xxxxx is the build number):
dpkg -i aacraid-1.2.1-xxxxx-Debian6.0-all.deb
4. Reboot your computer to ensure the driver loaded correctly.
5. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space

Installing on Ubuntu Linux

Note: For driver installation on Ubuntu Linux, you may need to create the root account
and password. Enter these commands: sudo bash; sudo passwd root. You
must have root privileges to install the driver image.
To install the driver on Ubuntu Linux:
1. Update the Ubuntu package index:
sudo apt-get update
2. Load the Ubuntu unpacking tools:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
3. Install the DEB driver package (where xxxxx is the build number):
Ubuntu 10.x:
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