HighPoint RocketRAID 2240 - Manual (Page 52)

Red Hat Enterprise 3 Overview
This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the
RocketRAID 2240 Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 3 Linux system.
1 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 3 (AS, ES, WS) Linux on the
RocketRAID 2240 controller
To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attached to
RocketRAID 2240:
Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette
The driver is provided in a floppy diskette image file format.
On a DOS or Windows system, a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite.exe.
This utility is included on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD (under /dosutils). Run
rawrite using a command prompt window, and follow the directions it provides.
On a Linux system, use the “dd” command to generate a boot diskette. Insert a
floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command (amd64 driver for
example):
# dd if=rh3dd-amd64.img of=/dev/fd0
Step 2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1. Start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux by booting from the installation CD.
2. At the “Welcome to Red Hat Linux” installation screen, a prompt labeled “boot:”
will appear at the bottom of the screen. Type in linux dd, then press Enter.
boot: linux dd
3. When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?”. Select “Yes”.
4. When prompted “Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue”, insert the
driver diskette into the system’ s floppy drive, and select “OK”.
5. The system will now load the RocketRAID 2240 driver automatically.
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Linux Driver Support