Adaptec ATA II 1420SA, ATA II 1220SA Installing on Red Hat or Suse Linux, Installing on NetWare

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6Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 36.

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

UL 1.0—mkdir /mnt/cdrom /mnt/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 36.

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:

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.

7From the Driver Name menu, press the Insert key.

8Insert the driver disk, press the Insert key, then press F3.

9From the A:\ prompt, press Enter. The driver installs.

10From the Additional Driver Option menu, select Return to driver summary, then press Enter.

11From the Driver type menu, select Load on Additional Driver Options.

12After the driver loads, select Continue.

13Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 36.