HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 - Manual (Page 44)

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3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2224 Driver on an Existing System
If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RocketRAID
2224 controller, follow the steps outlined below:
Note:
If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID 2224 controller BIOS loads/posts
after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS. It may be necessary to move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot.
Step 1 Update Grub
If you are running an SLES 9 SMP System, you must first update the /boot/grub/menu.lst.
Example:
default=0
timeout=8
title Linux
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off
initrd (hd0,1)/initrd
Reboot the system to allow the new kernel parameters to take effect.
Step 2 Install the Driver Module
Extract the module file from the file /linux/suse /[arch]-[version]/install/update.tar.gz (from the driver disk),
using the following commands:
# mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
# cd /
# tar xfz /media/floppy/linux/suse/i386-sles9/install/update.tar.gz
The driver modules will be extracted to the directory /lib/modules/[kernel-ver]/kernel/drivers/scsi/ .
After you have extracted the driver module, you can load it by following commands:
# modprobe sd_mod
# insmod /lib/modules/`uname –r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/hptmv6.ko
Then you can access the arrays attached to the controller as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda).
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