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Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette, Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit

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Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette If you are installing Linux on the new drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Linux is already installed on another device, you may install the 3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or make a driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to create. A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into a drive and click the Yes button to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit Note: If Red Hat Linux is already installed and bootable on another drive, turn to "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device" on page 70. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will eliminate this problem. After Linux is installed, the drive can be reconnected. www.3ware.com 69

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Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux
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Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
If you are installing Linux on the new drive or unit managed by the
3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If
Linux is already installed on another device, you may install the
3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or make a
driver diskette.
To create a driver diskette
1
Insert the 3ware software CD into your system.
2
When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the
Driver &
Firmware Disks
button.
3
In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the
button for the driver disk you want to create.
A confirmation window opens.
4
Insert a blank diskette into a drive and click the
Yes
button to
begin creating the driver floppy diskette.
Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on
a New Unit
Note:
If Red Hat Linux is already installed and bootable on another
drive, turn to “Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux
System that Boots From a Different Device” on page 70.
Note:
We have tested some older systems where an IDE
drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using
a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as
a boot device. Disconnecting the IDE drive while
installing Linux will eliminate this problem. After Linux
is installed, the drive can be reconnected.