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RocketRAID 2680 Fedora Linux Installation Guide

RocketRAID

RocketRAID

RocketRAID

RocketRAID 2680

2680

2680

2680 SAS

SAS

SAS

SAS Controller

Controller

Controller

Controller

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora Linux

Linux

Linux

Linux

Installation

Installation

Installation

Installation Guide

Guide

Guide

Guide

Version 1.1

Copyright © 2012 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Last updated on June 6, 2012

Summary of Contents for 2680

Page 1: ...0 2680 2680 SAS SAS SAS SAS Controller Controller Controller Controller Fedora Fedora Fedora Fedora Linux Linux Linux Linux Installation Installation Installation Installation Guide Guide Guide Guide Version 1 1 Copyright 2012 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Last updated on June 6 2012 ...

Page 2: ...RR2680 RR2680 driver driver driver driver on on on on an an an an Existing Existing Existing Existing System System System System 6 6 6 6 Step 1 Obtain and install the Driver Module 6 Step 2 Configure System to Mount Volumes when Startup 6 4 4 4 4 Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring the the the the Driver Driver Driver Driver 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 Updating Updating Updating Updating the the the ...

Page 3: ...ded firstly If not try to move it to another PCI slot Otherwise you may be unable to boot up your system Step Step Step Step 2 2 2 2 Check Check Check Check System System System System BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS Settings Settings Settings Settings In your system BIOS SETUP menu change B B B Boot oot oot oot S S S Sequence equence equence equence in such a way that the system will first boot from floppy o...

Page 4: ... mkdosfs mkdosfs mkdosfs mkdosfs dev sdb1 dev sdb1 dev sdb1 dev sdb1 Fedora Core 5 does not support install driver from USB diskette You should extract driver to a floppy diskette to install Fedora Core 5 Note Note Note Note When the command line comes with updates updates updates updates eg you type updates updates updates updates before installation then the driver disk should be ext2 filesystem...

Page 5: ...F2 to switch the shell on console 2 before select Next Type the following commands to load the RR2680 driver mkdir mkdir mkdir mkdir dd dd dd dd mount mount mount mount dev sda1 dev sda1 dev sda1 dev sda1 dd dd dd dd cp cp cp cp r r r r dd dd dd dd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd umount umount umount umount dd dd dd dd ...

Page 6: ... sh Press ALT F6 ALT F6 ALT F6 ALT F6 to switch back to installation screen and select Next Next Next Next to continue installation 3 Continue the installation as usual When it comes to partitioning the disk Make sure the Review Review Review Review and and and and modify modify modify modify partitioning partitioning partitioning partitioning layout layout layout layout is selected Take care when...

Page 7: ...e the following commands cp cp cp cp r r r r tmp hptdd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd mnt sysimage tmp hptdd mnt sysimage tmp hptdd mnt sysimage tmp hptdd mnt sysimage tmp hptdd chroot chroot chroot chroot mnt sysimage mnt sysimage mnt sysimage mnt sysimage sh sh sh sh tmp hptdd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd tmp hptdd fedora install step2 sh fedora install step2 sh fedora install step2 sh fedora install step...

Page 8: ...l sh install sh install sh If the driver of previous version has been in the initrd image the installer will update the initrd image or it will make the driver automatically loaded while system up Step Step Step Step 2 2 2 2 Configur Configur Configur Configure e e e System System System System to to to to Mount Mount Mount Mount Volumes Volumes Volumes Volumes when when when when Startup Startup ...

Page 9: ...ller Installation of the management software is optional but recommended Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents about more information 7 7 7 7 Rebuilding Rebuilding Rebuilding Rebuilding Driver Driver Driver Driver Module Module Module Module for for for for System System System System Update Update Update Update When the system updates the kernel packages the driver module r...

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