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Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device

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Driver Installation Under Linux 1 Boot with the Red Hat CD or diskette: a Insert either the Red Hat CD-ROM disk or a Red Hat boot diskette into your computer. b Start or reboot your computer. c When the Welcome to Red Hat display appears, type expert at the boot prompt. boot: expert A number of files will load and then a message will prompt you to insert your driver disk. 2 Install the driver: Insert the driver diskette containing the 3ware driver for Red Hat and press Enter. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx driver 3 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your locality. 4 If asked for what type of media, select Local CD-ROM since you are installing from the Red Hat CD-ROM. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for installing the 3ware driver vary slightly, depending on your specific installation requirements. Select the appropriate set of steps below, based on whether: „ You want to update the RAM disk „ You prefer to load the driver manually or from a script, instead of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

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Driver Installation Under Linux
70
3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
1
Boot with the Red Hat CD or diskette:
a
Insert either the Red Hat CD-ROM disk or a Red Hat boot
diskette into your computer.
b
Start or reboot your computer.
c
When the
Welcome to Red Hat
display appears, type
expert
at the boot prompt.
boot: expert
A number of files will load and then a message will prompt you
to insert your driver disk.
2
Install the driver:
Insert the driver diskette containing the 3ware driver for Red
Hat and press
Enter
.
The system automatically reports:
Loading 3w-9xxx driver
3
When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types
for your locality.
4
If asked for what type of media, select
Local CD-ROM
since
you are installing from the Red Hat CD-ROM.
Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat
Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
The steps for installing the 3ware driver vary slightly, depending on
your specific installation requirements. Select the appropriate set of
steps below, based on whether:
You want to update the RAM disk
You prefer to load the driver manually or from a script, instead
of updating the RAM disk