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Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual

4-2

The software has been fully tested under Red Hat 7.3, Red Hat
8.0, Red Hat 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 64-bit, and SuSE 8.2. Updating or recompiling the kernel
or the XFree86 distribution may cause the driver and DDX to fail
to load. In this case, please contact our technical support team
for a possible solution (See Chapter 7). The software consists of
the following modules:

raptfp.o

Kernel driver for the Raptor 2500T

rap1kt.o

Kernel driver for the Raptor 1100T

rap2kt.o

Kernel driver for the Raptor 2100T

rapifp.o

Kernel driver for the Raptor 3840T

rapt_drv.o

XFree86 DDX module

libMOX.a

MOX extension module

4.3 CD-ROM

Installation







The following are step by step instructions for installing the
Raptor Drivers for Linux from a CD-ROM.

1. Login

as

root

on the target system, using

/bin/sh

as

your shell.

2. Insert the CD-ROM labeled “Raptor Drivers for Linux”

into the drive.

3. If the drive is already mounted, type:

prompt#

cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/t-class

NOTE: Rebooting the system after the Raptor card installation
may cause the auto configuration manager to come up in
some distributions. At this point, ignore the auto configuration.
Refer to Section 4.6 to configure the Raptor card after the
software is installed.