Adaptec 1225SA, 58300, 44300 manual Installing on Windows Vista, Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux

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3Click Next, then click Next again.

4Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation.

5Remove the driver disk and restart your computer.

6Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 50.

Installing on Windows Vista

1Insert the Windows setup CD.

2When prompted to install a third-party driver, click Load Driver.

3Select the driver and click Next.

4The disk array is displayed.

5Click Drive Options to modify the RAID 10 size, else click Next to proceed with the installation.

Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux

To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux:

1Insert and mount the RAID Installation CD:

Red Hat—mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

SuSE—mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

2Install the module RPM:

rpm -Uvh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm

where mount-pointis the specific mount point on the Linux system, xxx is the driver path, and yyy.rpm is the rpm file.

3Run fdisk, mkfs, and create mount points for any new disk drives.

4Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 50.

Installing on NetWare

Note: Before you begin, ensure that the NetWare operating system has been upgraded to the minimum patch level specified by Novell. Refer to the Novell Web site for more information.

Note: NetWare does not support drive enclosures with port multipliers but supports eSATA drives.

To install the driver on NetWare:

1Start your computer.

2From the NetWare server console prompt, type load hdetect, then press Enter.

3From the Device types menu, select Continue, then press Enter.

4From the Device type option, select Modify, then press Enter.

5Select Storage Adapters, then press Enter.

6From the Additional Driver Options menu, select Modify, then press Enter.