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2.
At the "Welcome to RedHat Linux ..." installation screen, a prompt labeled
"
boot:
"
will
appear at the bottom of the screen.
3.
Press
TAB
and append the parameters at the "
boot:
" prompt, then press
Enter
.
NOTE
: Linux Kernel 2. 4.x will wrongly identify the Promise ATA RAID controller as an IDE
controller. This would result in the built-in Linux IDE driver trying to handle the controller
and can prevent the proper FastTrak ATA RAID driver from being loaded. Follow the
installation instructions and the parameter commands referred next. This is known as an
"IDE issue."
“
Linux ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170,0x376,15 ide2=0 ide3=0
ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0 ide9=0 expert
”
4.
At the "Devices" window, insert the FastTrak driver disk in the floppy drive and then select
"OK" or "Yes" to continue the installation.
5.
Enable the "Configure advanced boot loader options" option at the Boot Loader
Configuration menu, and type the following kernel parameters in the general kernel
parameters field.
"ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170,0x376,15 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0
ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0 ide9=0”
6.
Follow the onscreen instructions to continue.
7.
When the warning message "
The kernel was unable to re -read the
partition table on /dev/sd(x), (Device or resource busy)...
", do
not click “Skip,” just click “Ignore” to continue the installation.
8.
Press
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
F2
when the "Congratulations" window appears.
9.
Insert the FastTrak driver disk and type the following commands to load FastTrak driver:
# umount /tmp/sdb (for safety issue, just in case)
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
When using the USB floppy drive, choose the USB floppy device such as
/dev/sdb
.
# mount /dev/sdb /mnt
# cd /mnt
# sh setup-ft
10.
Choose your desired selection, after the FastTrak driver installation has been completed.
# cd /
# umount /mnt
# exit
11.
Press
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
F7
and click "Exit" to exit the installation.
NOTE for Linux RedHat 8.0
: After you have installed the RAID driver, and If the USB
floppy drive is not shown, obtain the USB device driver file first, then perform the following:
