Adaptec 58300 User Guide - Page 39

Installing on Red Hat or SuSE Linux, Installing on NetWare, Enter, Continue, Modify, Storage Adapters

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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 39 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 40. Installing on Red Hat or SuSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SuSE Linux: 1 Insert and mount the RAID Installation CD: Red Hat-mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SuSE-mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom UL 1.0-mkdir /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 2 Install the module RPM: rpm -Uvh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm where mount-point is the specific mount point on the Linux system, xxx is the driver path, and yyy.rpm is the rpm file. 3 Run fdisk, mkfs, and create mount points for any new disk drives. 4 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 40. Installing on NetWare Note: Before you begin, ensure that your NetWare operating system has been upgraded to the minimum patch level specified by Novell. Refer to the Novell Web site for more information. To install the driver on NetWare: 1 Start your computer. 2 From the NetWare server console prompt, type load hdetect, then press Enter. 3 From the Device types menu, select Continue, then press Enter. 4 From the Device type option, select Modify, then press Enter. 5 Select Storage Adapters, then press Enter. 6 From the Additional Driver Options menu, select Modify, then press Enter. 7 From the Driver Name menu, press the Insert key. 8 Insert the driver disk, press the Insert key, then press F3. 9 From the A:\ prompt, press Enter. The driver installs. 10 From the Additional Driver Option menu, select Return to driver summary, then press Enter. 11 From the Driver type menu, select Load on Additional Driver Options. 12 After the driver loads, select Continue. 13 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 40.

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Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
●
39
6
Continue with
Managing Your Storage Space
on page 40
.
Installing on Red Hat or SuSE Linux
To install the module on Red Hat or SuSE Linux:
1
Insert and mount the RAID Installation CD:
Red Hat—
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
SuSE
—
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
UL 1.0
—
mkdir /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
2
Install the module RPM:
rpm -Uvh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm
where
mount-point
is the specific mount point on the Linux system,
xxx
is the driver path,
and
yyy.rpm
is the rpm file.
3
Run fdisk, mkfs, and create mount points for any new disk drives.
4
Continue with
Managing Your Storage Space
on page 40
.
Installing on NetWare
Note:
Before you begin, ensure that your NetWare operating system has been upgraded to
the minimum patch level specified by Novell. Refer to the Novell Web site for more
information.
To install the driver on NetWare:
1
Start your computer.
2
From the NetWare server console prompt, type
load hdetect
,
then
press
Enter
.
3
From the Device types menu, select
Continue
,
then press
Enter
.
4
From the Device type option, select
Modify
,
then press
Enter
.
5
Select
Storage Adapters
,
then press
Enter
.
6
From the Additional Driver Options menu, select
Modify
,
then
press
Enter
.
7
From the Driver Name menu, press the
Insert
key.
8
Insert the driver disk, press the
Insert
key, then press
F3
.
9
From the A:\
prompt, press
Enter
.
The driver installs.
10
From the Additional Driver Option menu, select
Return to driver summary
,
then
press
Enter
.
11
From the Driver type menu, select
Load on Additional Driver Options
.
12
After the driver loads, select
Continue
.
13
Continue with
Managing Your Storage Space
on page 40
.