Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux
Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
If you are installing Linux on the new drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Linux is already installed on another device, you may install the 3ware driver from either the 3ware software
To create a driver diskette
1Insert the 3ware software CD into your system.
2When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button.
3In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to create.
A confirmation window opens.
4Insert a blank diskette into a drive and click the Yes button to begin creating the driver floppy diskette.
Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
Note: If Red Hat Linux is already installed and bootable on another drive, turn to “Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device” on page 70.
Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will eliminate this problem. After Linux is installed, the drive can be reconnected.
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