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HighPoint RocketRAID 2322 User Manual

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Linux Driver Support

After you have extracted the driver module, you can load it by following commands:

# modprobe sd_mod

# cd /tmp/‘uname –r‘

# insmod rr232x.o

Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda).

Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device

Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks.

This array will be registered to the system as device “/dev/sda”.

To create a partition on this array (which will listed as /dev/sda1), use the “fdisk /
dev/sda” command.

Next, use the “mkfs /dev/sda1” command to setup a file system on this partition.

Use the command “mkdir xxxx” to create a mount point for the RAID array.
Then, mount /dev/sda1 /xxxx in order to access it.

Note: xxxx represents the desired name of the mount point.

Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver

To avoid typing in “insmod rr232x.o” each time the operating system is booted, the
system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup. To install
the module, type in the following commands (first change to the directory where the
proper rr232x.o file is located):

# install -d /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi

# install -c rr232x.o /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi

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