Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i - Manual (Page 44)

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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
December 2012
Chapter 10: Debian Driver Installation
Installing the MegaRAID 92xx Driver on Storage Managed by a MegaRAID Controller
Chapter 10: Debian Driver Installation
This chapter describes how to install the device driver in Debian® 6.0 x64 OS systems.
10.1 Installing the MegaRAID 92
xx Driver on Storage Managed by a MegaRAID
Controller
Perform the following steps to install the LSI MegaRAID 92xx driver while you install the Debian Squeeze 6.0 64-bit OS.
1. Copy the drivers (megaraid-6.18-deb6-2.6.32.tgz) to a USB flash.
2. Boot from the Debian installation CD1 and select Install.
3. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to console2 when the language screen appears.
4. Type the following commands and then press Enter.
# mkdir /mnt2 /lsi
# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt2
# cp /mnt2/megaraid-6.18-deb6-2.6.32.tgz /lsi
# cd /lsi ; tar zxvf megaraid*
# umount /mnt2
# insmod 2.6.32-5-amd64/x86_64/megaraid_sas.ko
5. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to return to the installer, and continue the normal installation procedure.
Do not reboot after the installation is complete.
6. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to console 2 again.
7. Type the following commands and then press Enter:
# cp /lsi/2.6.32-5-amd64/x86_64/megaraid_sas.ko /target/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-
amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid
# chroot /target
# /sbin/depmod -a 2.6.32-5-amd64
# update-initramfs -u -v -k 2.6.32-5-amd64
# exit
8. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to return to the installer screen.
9. Reboot to complete the installation.
NOTE The system should detect the USB flash as scsi device /dev/sda1. To check for SCSI devices,
type the following command and press Enter: dmesg | grep sd.
NOTE Make sure that you remove the USB flash drive before you execute the insmod command.