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Adaptec SATA RAID Utility for Intel ICH-HR
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:
For SuSE 8.0
— edit the
/etc/lilo.conf
file by removing:
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.
