3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Guide - Page 60

Driver Installation For Fedora Core on AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T, type: cp /mnt/packages/drivers/linux/fedora//x86_64/ 3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. 4 For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 5 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing the following command: /sbin/depmod -a 6 Run mkinitrd by entering the following: /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-.img where is the /lib/modules directory from which to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. Example: /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-14.img 2.6.18-14 7 If you are using the GRUB boot loader, skip to Step 8. If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to update the boot record on disk by typing the following: /sbin/lilo The output should be similar to: Added linux * 8 Reboot. The 3ware kernel driver module will be loaded from the ram disk automatically at boot time. To install the 3ware kernel driver module and load the module manually instead of using a RAM disk 1 Log in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which contains the 3ware kernel driver module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt and press Enter. 3 Copy the kernel driver module. For Redhat Linux on Intel x86 and AMD x86, type: cp /mnt/packages/drivers/linux/redhat//x86/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules//kernel/ drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko 48 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1