Adaptec 2268300R manual Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux

Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 62

Installing with Red Hat Linux 5

Note: You will need your Red Hat 5 Installation CD to complete this task.

To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5:

1Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD.

2Restart your computer.

3When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt.

4When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK.

5Follow the prompts to set up the environment you want.

6If you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. Otherwise, select Done.

7Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with your operating system.

8Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79.

Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux

Note: You will need your Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD to complete this task. You must have root privileges to install the driver image.

To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat 6 or Fedora Linux:

1Insert the Red Hat or Fedora Installation CD.

2Restart your computer.

3When the Welcome screen appears, press Enter, wait for the graphical installation to begin, then type CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the shell. Do not pass the linux dd boot prompt. Do not click Next!

4Insert the driver disk.

5Type the following commands to load the controller driver:

mkdir /mnt2 /AACRAID mount /dev/fd0 /mnt2 cp -r /mnt2/* /AACRAID umount /mnt2

cd /AACRAID

sh ./fc-pre-install.sh

Note: These commands assume the floppy drive is assigned to /dev/fd0. Use fdisk -l to list all devices.

6Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, then click Next.

7Follow the on-screen prompts to continue the installation. When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. Do not reboot!