Linux Driver Support
driver disk and press OK to continue” prompt, insert the driver diskette in the floppy
drive and then select “OK”.
4) The system will now load the RocketRAID 152x driver automatically.
5) When Fedora asks you to partition the disk, check the “Review and modify the
partitioning layout” box towards the bottom of the screen. Click “Next” to Continue.
Configure the partition as desired, and click Next once more.
6) Check the “Configure advanced boot loader options”, and click “Next” to continue.
7) In the “General kernel parameters” field, type in”hde=noprobe hdf=noprobe
hdg=noprobe hdh=noprobe” and press “Next” to continue. You are now free to follow
the standard installation procedures.
3) When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?”, select “Yes”. At the “Insert your
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3 - Installing the RocketRAID 152x driver for an Exist-
ing System
Note: If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID 152x
controller BIOS loads/posts after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS. It may be necessary to
move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot.
Step 1 Obtain the Driver Module
Extract the module file from the file modules.cgz (from the driver disk) using the
following commands:
# mount /dev/fd0
# cd /tmp
# gzip -dc /media/floppy/modules.cgz | cpio -idumv
Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted. The driver module
for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version (/
tmp/‘uname –r‘/athlon/hpt37x2.o).
After extracting the driver module, load it using the following commands:
# insmod scsi_mod
# modprobe sd_mod
# insmod hpt37x2.ko
Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda).
