Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 89

Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Linux System

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 9 After you enable HostRAID, you can select Configure/View HostRAID on the Options menu to create and maintain RAID arrays. See Chapter 4, Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays for information on creating a RAID array. 10 When the array is finished building, or if you are continuing from Step 8, insert the SuSE CD Disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system. 11 For SuSE 8.1-When the SuSE Installation menu appears, press the Alt key, then select one option from the menu and press Enter. For SuSE 8.2-When the SuSE Installation menu appears, press F3, then select one option from the menu and press Enter. 12 When prompted, insert the driver disk you created (see Step 1) and select OK. 13 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment. 14 Continue with the Linux installation according to the SuSE documentation. Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Linux System To update the SuSE 8.1, 8.2, or Enterprise 8 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. 7-4

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User
s Guide
9
After you enable HostRAID, you can select
Configure/View
HostRAID
on the Options menu to create and maintain RAID
arrays. See
Chapter 4,
Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage
Arrays
for information on creating a RAID array.
10
When the array is finished building, or if you are continuing
from
Step 8
, insert the SuSE CD Disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive
and restart the system.
11
For SuSE 8.1
When the SuSE Installation menu appears, press
the
Alt
key, then select one option from the menu and press
Enter
.
For SuSE 8.2
When the SuSE Installation menu appears, press
F3
, then select one option from the menu and press
Enter
.
12
When prompted, insert the driver disk you created (see
Step 1
)
and select
OK
.
13
Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment.
14
Continue with the Linux installation according to the SuSE
documentation.
Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Linux System
To update the SuSE 8.1, 8.2, or Enterprise 8 driver in an existing
Linux system, type:
rpm -Uvh <
mount-point
>/packages/HostRAID/Linux/
driver_package/a320raid-*-<your-version-of-
SuSe>*.rpm
The
<
mount-point
>
differs among distributions, but
/mnt/cdrom
,
/media/cdrom,
or
cdrom
are common
CD-ROM mount points.