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Installing SuSE Linux

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Installing the HostRAID Driver for Linux 14 If you intend to install other third-party devices, proceed with the installation of those devices. Otherwise, select Done. 15 Continue with the Linux installation according to the Red Hat documentation. Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Linux System To update the Red Hat 8.0, 9.0, or AS 2.1 driver in an existing Linux system, type: rpm -Uvh /packages/HostRAID/Linux/ driver_package/a320raid-*-*.rpm The differs among distributions, but /mnt/cdrom, /media/cdrom, or cdrom are common CD-ROM mount points. Installing SuSE Linux Installing the Driver in a New Linux System To install the SuSE 8.1, 8.2, or Enterprise 8 driver in a new Linux system: 1 Create a driver disk. See Appendix D, Creating Driver Floppy Disks for information on creating a driver disk. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press Ctrl-A when prompted to enter SCSISelect. You need to enable and use HostRAID to create the array and logical drive that you will use to install Linux. 4 From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press Enter. 5 From the Options menu, select Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings and press Enter. 6 From the Configuration menu, select HostRAID and press Enter. 7 From the HostRAID Pop-Up menu, select Enabled. 8 If creating an array, proceed to Step 9. If you are not creating an array at this time, skip to Step 10. 7-3

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7-3
Installing the HostRAID Driver for Linux
14
If you intend to install other third-party devices, proceed with
the installation of those devices. Otherwise, select
Done
.
15
Continue with the Linux installation according to the Red Hat
documentation.
Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Linux System
To update the Red Hat 8.0, 9.0, or AS 2.1 driver in an existing Linux
system, type:
rpm -Uvh <
mount-point
>/packages/HostRAID/Linux/
driver_package/a320raid-*-<your-version-of-
RedHat>*.rpm
The
<
mount-point
>
differs among distributions, but
/mnt/cdrom
,
/media/cdrom,
or
cdrom
are common
CD-ROM mount points.
Installing SuSE Linux
Installing the Driver in a New Linux System
To install the SuSE 8.1, 8.2, or Enterprise 8 driver in a new Linux
system:
1
Create a driver disk. See
Appendix D,
Creating Driver Floppy
Disks
for information on creating a driver disk.
2
Restart the computer.
3
Press
Ctrl-A
when prompted to enter SCSI
Select
. You need to
enable and use HostRAID to create the array and logical drive
that you will use to install Linux.
4
From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press
Enter
.
5
From the Options menu, select
Configure/View SCSI
Controller Settings
and press
Enter
.
6
From the Configuration menu, select
HostRAID
and press
Enter
.
7
From the HostRAID Pop-Up menu, select
Enabled
.
8
If creating an array, proceed to
Step 9
. If you are not creating an
array at this time, skip to
Step 10
.