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Chapter 4

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR

T-CLASS CARDS

4.1 Overview


This installation chapter describes how to install and configure
the drivers for T-Class Raptor cards. This class of cards
includes the following:

• Raptor 2100T
• Raptor 2500T
• Raptor 1100T
• Raptor 3840T

The installation of I-Class Raptor cards is covered in Chapter 3.

4.2 Requirements


The following are prerequisites for installing the Raptor Drivers
for Linux Software:

• At least 2MB of disk space available in

“/“

and

“/usr“

for

drivers.

• A Raptor card is presently installed in the workstation/server

(See Chapter 2 for instructions on installing a Raptor
graphics card).

• Linux Kernel v2.2.x or v2.4.x installed
• XFree86 (v4.0 or later) installed and configured for the

current console graphics card

• RPM (v3.0 or later) packaging tools

The device driver and DDX module for Linux and XFree86 are
loadable. No kernel changes or X server rebuilds are required.