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Set up the system so driver will load on boot, Edit the lilo.conf file

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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 5 At the Start Installation/System display, select Start Installation, then select Install Linux from Scratch. 6 Following the installation, when asked to select the kernel, select the kernel with SMP-support or select the standard kernel. 7 When Lilo is finished installing and the confirmation window appears, do not continue. Press Ctl-Alt-F2 instead. 8 Proceed to the following section, "Set up the system so driver will load on boot". Set up the system so driver will load on boot 1 Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette for SuSE and type in the following: / # mkdir /mnt2 / # mount -t msdos/dev/fd0 /mnt2 If you are on a non-SMP system, type: / # cp /mnt2/***/initrd /mnt/boot If you are on an SMP system, type: / # cp /mnt2/***/initsmp /mnt/boot/initrd 2 Unmount and eject the 3ware Software Installation diskette from the floppy drive by entering the following: / # umount /mnt2 Edit the lilo.conf file 1 Edit /mnt/etc/lilo.conf. Note that to use vi, you must first set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH / # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/usr/lib / # /mnt/usr/bin/vi /mnt/etc/lilo.conf 2 In the lilo.conf file add the line, initrd = /boot/initrd after the line, image = /boot/vmlinuz. image = /boot/vmlinuz initrd = /boot/initrd 110 www.3ware.com

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3ware Escalade Storage Switch
User Guide
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5
At the
Start Installation/System
display, select
Start Installa-
tion
, then select
Install Linux from Scratch
.
6
Following the installation, when asked to select the kernel,
select the kernel with SMP-support or select the standard kernel.
7
When Lilo is finished installing and the confirmation window
appears,
do not continue
. Press
Ctl-Alt-F2
instead.
8
Proceed to the following section, “Set up the system so driver
will load on boot”.
Set up the system so driver will load on boot
1
Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette for SuSE and type in
the following:
/ # mkdir /mnt2
/ # mount -t msdos/dev/fd0 /mnt2
If you are on a non-SMP system
, type:
/ # cp /mnt2/***/initrd /mnt/boot
If you are on an SMP system
, type:
/ # cp /mnt2/***/initsmp /mnt/boot/initrd
2
Unmount and eject the 3ware Software Installation diskette from
the floppy drive by entering the following:
/ # umount /mnt2
Edit the lilo.conf file
1
Edit /mnt/etc/lilo.conf. Note that to use vi, you must first set the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/ # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/usr/lib
/ # /mnt/usr/bin/vi /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
2
In the lilo.conf file add the line, initrd = /boot/initrd after the
line, image = /boot/vmlinuz.
image = /boot/vmlinuz
initrd = /boot/initrd