Intel SRCMR, User Manual

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Installing Linux 55
Installing Red Hat Linux 7.x on a RAID Volume
(Host Drive)
1. To install Red Hat Linux 7.x on to a host drive, first create the appropriate driver disk from the
Intel RAID Controller SRCMR CD-ROM. Follow the procedure below.
2. In the system BIOS, ensure that the machine is set to boot off of the CD-ROM drive.
3. Place the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and boot the machine.
4. Select the option to make diskettes.
5. Select Red Hat Linux and the appropriate driver for your system. When driver disk is created,
follow the procedure below to create a host drive to install to.
6. Ensure the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR is installed in your machine and is connected to
drives on which you intend to create a host drive.
7. Boot your machine and when prompted press <Ctrl>+<g> to enter StorCon. Create a single
host drive from your selected disks.
8. For more information on creating host drives using the StorCon, see Chapter 7, Configure New
Host Drive.
9. Read the Red Hat documentation to understand the disk space/size requirements for the
Red Hat 7.x installation.
10. Ensure the system is set to boot from the CD-ROM drive and boot to the Red Hat 7.x
CD-ROM. At the boot prompt, type ‘linux dd’ and press <Enter> to continue.
11. Insert the floppy driver disk created in the previous procedure when prompted by the installer.
When the installation is complete, remove the floppy disk from the drive and reboot the system.