HighPoint RocketRAID 2644X4 - Manual (Page 50)

Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support
Installation steps for Fedora Core 1 & Core 3 & Core 4 & Core 6
1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation CD.
2. On “Welcome to Fedora Linux” installation screen, a prompted label “boot:” will
appear at the bottom of the screen. Type in “linux dd” (without quotation mark)
and then press Enter.
3. When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?”. Select “Yes”. When prompted
“Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue”, insert the driver diskette in
the floppy drive and then select “OK”.
4. Now the system will load RR2644 driver automatically.
5. Continue the installation as usual.
Installation steps for Fedora Core 2
1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation CD.
2. On “Welcome to Fedora Linux” installation screen, a prompted label “boot:” will
appear at the bottom of the screen. Just press Enter.
3. When prompted the warning “No hard drives have been found”, press “ALT+F2”
to switch the shell on console 2. Insert the driver diskette into floppy drive and
type the following commands:
# mkdir /dd
# mount /dev/fd0 /dd
# sh /dd/fedora-install-step1.sh
# umount /dev/fd0
Then press “ALT+F1” to switch back to installation screen and select “No” to
continue.
4. Continue the installation as usual. You can refer to Fedora Linux installation
guide. Make sure you have finished the next step before system reboot.
5. When installation finishes and prompts you to reboot the system, press
“CRL+ALT+F2” to the shell and type the following commands:
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
# sh /mnt/fedora-install-step2.sh
# umount /dev/fd0
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