HighPoint RocketRAID 2300 - Manual (Page 67)

Linux Driver Support
2. After the CD boots, select the “Installation” option and press F6 to load the
driver.
3. Insert the Driver Diskette when it displays “Please insert the Driver Update
floppy”.
4. When the “Diver Update Menu” is displayed, press “OK” and “back” for back
to installer.
5. Next. Select “back” to return to the installer.
6. Installation will now proceed normally. Refer to SLES Linux documents for
additional OS installation procedures.
Additional Installation Notes:
The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID
host adapter’s BIOS Setting Utility. If no other SCSI adapters are installed, the device
marked as “BOOT” or “HDD0” will be identified as /dev/sda, “HDD1” as /dev/sdb,
“HDD2” as /dev/sdc, etc. When creating mount points, /boot must be mounted on /
dev/sda.
3 - Installing the RocketRAID 230x Driver on an Exist-
ing System
If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached
to the Rocket RAID host adapter, follow the steps outlined below:
Note:
1. If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID
host adapter’s BIOS loads/posts after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS. It may be
necessary to move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot.
2. The driver may work incorrectly on certain motherboards (such as DFI77B
KT400). For these motherboards, add the “acpi=off” kernel parameter in the /
boot/grub/menu.lst:
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off
initrd (hd0,1)/initrd
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