User Manual
BC4000 Series RAID Controllers
02/13/06
B ro ad c om C o r p or at i on
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BC4000-UM100-R
Linux: Installing Drivers and Applications
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I
NSTALLING
THE
BC4000 S
ERIES
D
RIVERS
(L
INUX
)
After the hardware has been installed, the disks have been initialized, and at least one array from the BIOS
has been created (if a new operating system is being installed), it is now time to install the RAIDCore BC4000
Series RAID controller drivers.
Install the drivers using one of the following procedures:
•
“New Install of Red Hat and Fedora Core 1 Linux”
or
“New Install of Fedora Core 2, 3, and 4 Linux”
or
“New Install of SuSE Linux”
•
“Existing Install of Red Hat or Fedora Core 1, 2, 3, or 4 Linux” on page 31
or
“Existing Install of SuSE
Linux” on page 32
.
New Install of Red Hat and Fedora Core 1 Linux
Both the Linux operating system and the RAIDCore BC4000 Series RAID controller drivers can be installed at
one time. There are separate procedures in this section for:
•
Red Hat and Fedora Core 1 Linux
•
Fedora Core 2, 3, and 4 Linux
•
SuSE Linux
If the installation is to a boot array on a BC4000 Series RAID controller, the boot priority list must be modified
in the motherboard BIOS. See your motherboard manual for more information. Make sure that the controller
is included in this list and disable other IDE devices. Also ensure that INT13 support is enabled on the
controller. The array listed first in the BIOS
Arrays
list is the boot array; use the swap feature to place the boot
array first.
To install the BC4000 Series RAID controller driver with a new Red Hat or Fedora Core 1
installation:
1.
Boot your system with the Linux media.
2.
At the boot prompt, insert the RAIDCore driver floppy disk and type:
linux dd
If you are using a kickstart file on a floppy disk, type:
linux ks=floppy dd
3.
Follow the prompts to read the RAIDCore driver disk.
4.
Click
Exit
.
Note:
The Linux operating system modules must include the gcc+ compiler and the pthreads library,
so that the bcadm program can be installed properly.
Caution!
All components (firmware, drivers, and applications) must be installed when upgrading to
Version 2.x of XelCore. This means that a version 1.x driver will not work with version 2.x software,
and vice versa.
Note:
When installing Red Hat Linux using the RAIDCore BC4000 RAID Series Controller driver
disk, use the
linux dd
installation mode instead of the
linux expert
mode. However, the
linux
expert
mode must be used if Fedora Core 1 Linux is being installed.
