B-6
MS-9152 ATX Server Board
4. Installing SuSE Linux 8.0 or 8.1
Installing the Driver in a New Linux System
In this scenario, you are installing the driver in a new Linux system. To install the
driver:
1.
Obtain a driver disk from either the Web site or the product CD.
2.
Restart the computer.
3.
If creating an array, press
Ctrl-A
when prompted to enter the ARC utility.
For instructions on creating an array from the BIOS, see
Adaptec RAID
Configuration Utility
. For a simple volume, skip to Step 4.
4.
When the array is finished building, or if you are continuing from Step 3,
insert the SuSE CD Disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.
5.
When the SuSE Installation menu appears, press the
Alt
key, then select
one option from the Menu and press
Enter
.
6.
When prompted, insert the driver disk you created (see Step 1) and press
any key to continue.
7.
Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment.
8.
Continue with the Linux installation according to the SuSE documentation.
9.
When the SuSE Menu appears:
For SuSE 8.0
— type
acpi=off
at the boot options, then press
Enter
.
For SuSE 8.1
— type
noapic
at the boot options, then press
Enter
.
10.
When the Linux installation is complete:
F o r S u S E 8 . 0
— e d i t t h e
/ e t c / l i l o . c o n f
f i l e b y r e m o v i n g :
append=”acpismp=force”
Run the
/sbin/lilo
command to update the LILO.
For SuSE 8.1
— go to the
scrip
file by typing:
edit/boot/grub/menu.lst
Type
noapic
after
vga=xxx
as in this example:
Kernel(hd0,0)/vmlinux
root=/dev/hdc3 vga=791 noapic
Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Linux System
To install the driver in an existing Linux system, type:
rpm -Uvh xxx.yyy.rpm
To update the driver in an existing Linux system, type:
rpm -Uvh —force xxx.yyy.rpm
where
xxx
is the name of the driver file and
yyy
is the processor type.
