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Chapter 4. Driver Installation 5 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your locality. 6 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 About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are used for variable text for kernel strings and module names in the instructions on the following pages. Kernel String Conventions refers to the kernel version. The kernel string will have different endings, depending on the kernel you are using. „ For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in smp. For example: 2.6.11-smp. „ For an Enterprise kernel, the kernel string will end in enterprise. For example: 2.6.11-enterprise „ For a Bigmem kernel, the kernel string will end in bigmem. For example: 2.6.11-bigmem „ For a Hugemem kernel, the kernel string will end in hugmem. For example: 2.6.11-hugmem 42 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide