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installing the driver 1 Create the driver disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. a Insert the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. b Boot from the CD. The CD loads a Linux kernel that is used to manage all of the CD functions. c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. d When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click Create Driver Disk. Then, click the appropriate operating system. e Insert a floppy disk and click OK. The system creates the driver disk. f Remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 2 Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. 3 Start up the server. During startup, press Ctrl+A to start SMOR. Use SMOR to create the RAID. For details, refer to using SMOR on page 2-11. Note: Any partitions created on disks that are not part of an array will be unavailable if you subsequently use the disk in a RAID configuration. If your hard drives do not have partition tables or do not contain a recognizable partition, you will be prompted to initialize these disks. The operating system can automatically remove the data or you can manually partition the drives. For more information, refer to the Red Hat documentation. 4 Insert the Red Hat Linux boot floppy disk in the floppy disk drive and the Red Hat CD Disk 1 in the CD drive. 5 Start up the system. 6 When the Red Hat welcome screen appears, type expert at the boot prompt. 3-31

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installing the driver
1
Create the driver disk using the
Adaptec RAID Installation
CD
.
a
Insert the
Adaptec RAID Installation CD
.
b
Boot from the CD. The CD loads a Linux kernel that is
used to manage all of the CD functions.
c
Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary
to get to the Adaptec splash screen.
d
When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click
Create
Driver Disk
. Then, click the appropriate operating
system.
e
Insert a floppy disk and click
OK
. The system creates the
driver disk.
f
Remove the
Adaptec RAID Installation CD
and the driver
floppy disk.
2
Install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and
hard drives according to the instructions in
Chapter 2
.
3
Start up the server. During startup, press
Ctrl+A
to start
SMOR. Use SMOR to create the RAID. For details, refer to
using SMOR
on page 2-11
.
Note:
Any partitions created on disks that are not part of
an array will be unavailable if you subsequently use the
disk in a RAID configuration. If your hard drives do not
have partition tables or do not contain a recognizable
partition, you will be prompted to initialize these disks.
The operating system can automatically remove the data
or you can manually partition the drives. For more
information, refer to the Red Hat documentation.
4
Insert the Red Hat Linux boot floppy disk in the floppy disk
drive and the Red Hat CD Disk 1 in the CD drive.
5
Start up the system.
6
When the Red Hat welcome screen appears, type expert at
the boot prompt.