AMCC 3WARE 720-0138-00, Installation Manual

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Driver Installation Under Linux
72 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
If prompted to overwrite, type
y
.
If you are using Red Hat 9.0 , replace
ws3_x86
with
rh90
in the previous example.
For Redhat workstation on AMD Opteron
, type:
cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/
ws3_amd64/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/
<put kernel string here>
/update
3w-9xxx.o
If prompted to overwrite, type
y
.
Use the appropriate module name and kernel string, as
described under step 3.
5 Add the following line to
/etc/modules.conf:
alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx
6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing the following
command:
Run /sbin/depmod -a
7 Run mkinitrd by entering the following:
/sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd -
<kernel string>
.img
<kernel string1>
where <kernel string1> is the /lib/modules directory from
which to copy the 3w-9xxx driver.
Example:
/sbin/mkinitrd –v –f /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
2.4.18-14
8 If you are using the GRUB boot loader, skip to Step 5.
If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to update the
boot record on disk by typing the following:
/sbin/lilo