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ServeRAID™-4x Ultra160 SCSI Controller Device Driver Installation Instructions
•
diskettedevicefile
is the specific device file for the diskette block device. Typi-
cally, this is /dev/fd0.
5.
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and label it
IBM ServeRAID Device
Driver for Red Hat Linux
diskette.
6.
If you are not creating the diskettes on Linux, continue to step 7.. Otherwise, type
the following and press Enter:
umount /mnt
7.
Remove the
IBM ServeRAID Support
CD from the CD-ROM drive.
Installing device drivers while installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 (or later)
This section provides instructions for installing the ServeRAID device driver (version
4.20) from diskette. Before you can install the device driver, you must download an
updated installation diskette image from the Red Hat Web site and create the
Updated
Red Hat Installation
diskette and the
IBM ServeRAID Device Driver for Red Hat Linux
diskette (see “Creating Red Hat diskettes” on page 12).
1.
Insert the
Updated Red Hat Installation
diskette into the diskette drive.
2.
Turn on or restart the server.
3.
At the command prompt, type:
linux dd
and any other options for your installation; then, press Enter.
4.
Insert the
Red Hat 6.2 Installation
CD into the CD-ROM drive.
5.
Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
Installing or updating device drivers after installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 (or
later)
This section provides instructions for installing or updating the ServeRAID device driv-
ers after installing Red Hat Linux 6.2.
This set of instructions assumes the following:
•
You already have a Red Hat 6.2 Linux operating system installed on your server.
•
You want to add a ServeRAID controller to your server
or
update the ServeRAID
device driver.
To install or update device drivers from diskette after installing Linux, do the following:
1.
Insert the
IBM ServeRAID Device Driver for Red Hat Linux
diskette into the dis-
kette drive.
2.
Type the following and press Enter:
mount -t vfat /dev/ diskettedevicefile /mnt/floppy
where
diskettedevicefile
is the specific device file for the diskette block device.
Typically, this is /dev/fd0.
3.
Type the following and press Enter:
cd /mnt/floppy
4.
Type the following and press Enter:
sh updrh.sh
5.
Type the following and press Enter:
cd /
6.
Type the following and press Enter:
