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DRIVER INSTALLATION
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1. Ensure that you have closed all applications and are logged in
with administrative rights.
2. Open “Control Panel” and start the “Add/Remove Program”
icon and uninstall and software for the 6Gb/s SAS RAID control-
ler.
3. Go to “Control Panel” and select “System”. Select the “Hard -
ware” tab and then click the “Device Manager” button. In device
manager, expand the “SCSI and RAID Controllers” section. Right
click on the Areca 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller and select “Unin-
stall”.
4. Click Yes to confirm removing the SAS RAID driver. The
prompt to restart the system will then be displayed.
4.3 Driver Installation for Linux
This chapter describes how to install the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller
driver to Red Hat Linux, SuSE and other versions of Linux. Before
installing the SAS RAID driver to the Linux, complete the following
actions:
1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives accord -
ing to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation.
2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to enter the McBIOS
RAID manager configuration utility. Using the McBIOS RAID man -
ager to create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see Chap-
ter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager.
If you are using a Linux distribution for which there is not a com-
piled driver available from Areca, you can copy the source from the
SAS software CD or download the source from the Areca website
and compile a new driver.
Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are includ-
ed on the shipped CD. You can download updated versions of com-
piled and tested drivers for RedHat or SuSE Linux from the Areca
web site at http://www.areca.com.tw. Included in these downloads