HighPoint RocketRAID 2644X4 - Manual (Page 61)

Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support
5 - Updating the Driver
First obtain the new driver module file rr2644.ko from the driver image. Refer to the
previous section “Obtain the Driver Module”. In the following steps, we assume you
have copied it to /tmp/rr2644.ko, and your initrd file is /boot/initrd-`uname –r`.img
1. If you are not booting from disks attached to RR2644 controller, you can update
the driver just by reinstalling it following the previous section, “Install RR2644
driver on an Existing System”. Overwrite the driver file in the directory “/lib/
modules/`uname –r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/”.
#cp –f /tmp/rr2644.ko /lib/modules/`uname –r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/
2. If you are using a system installed to RR2644 controller, you can update the driver
file in the directory “/lib/modules/`uname –r`/updates/”, then update the initrd
file.
#cp –f /tmp/rr2644.ko /lib/modules/`uname –r`/updates/
#mkinitrd initrd-`uname –r`.img `uname –r`
If you are using lilo to boot your system, use “lilo” to reinstall the RAM disk:
# lilo
6 - Installing RAID Management Software
HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your
hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR2644 controller. Installation of the manage-
ment software is optional but recommended.
To configure HighPoint RAID Management Software to work with rr2644 driver, you
should setup /etc/hptcfg to be the driver name:
#echo rr2644 > /etc/hptcfg
Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more
information.
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