LSI Logic PERC3/DCL, PERC3/DC, PERC3/QC, PERC3/SC, PERC 4/Di, PERC 4/SC, v.1.19.4, A02

Custom Instructions for perc-rhas21-1194-a02.exe:

On a Windows system:

You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy diskette for the following
procedure.
Download the xxxx.exe file to a temporary directory on your Windows
system.

1) Double click on the file to run the executable.
2) Click on the Continue button.
3) To install the RHL drivers use this diskette for a new install or an
driver upgrade.
4) This diskette contains the same files as the .tar.gz file above.

Custom Instructions for perc-rhas21-1194-a02.txt:

Release notes.
Custom Instructions for perc-rhas21-1194-a02.tar.gz:

Instructions for downloading and creating driver diskette:
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You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy diskette for the following
procedure.

1. On a Linux system:


Download the file xxxx.tar.gz to a temporary directory on your working
system. Where xxxx is the name of the file to be downloaded

Extract the file to the floppy disk as follows:


Type the following commands under a Linux command shell:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
tar xvzf (Eg: /temp/PERC4-RHL73-
118f.tar.gz)
-C /mnt/floppy

umount /mnt/floppy

NOTE: Winzip does not extract the driver files correctly under Microsoft
Windows.


2. On a Windows system:

You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy diskette for the following
procedure.
Download the xxxx.exe file to a temporary directory on your Windows
system.

1) Double click on the file to run the executable.
2) Click on the Continue button.
3) To install the RHL drivers use this diskette for a new install or an
driver upgrade.
4) This diskette contains the same files as the .tar.gz file above.


Install Red Hat Linux driver for PERC 3/QC, DC, DCL, SC
PERC 4/DC, PERC 4/SC PERC 4/DI and CERC as a boot controller.
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There are two ways of installing the RHL device driver onto the
PERC/CERC card as a boot controller. One is using a driver disk during
OS installation and the second is using a driver (megaraid) RPM to
update
driver after OS is installed. The steps for both of these methods are
provided below. All the files needed for both methods are included in
the
driver diskette created above.

For more detailed installation instructions of Red Hat, please refer
to the OS installation guide at http://www.dell.com/linux.


I. Installing driver during OS installation:
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Fresh Installation
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The following modules are needed to install device driver during a
fresh installation.

Add the five modules to a clean formatted floppy to produce a
megaraid
driver floppy, which will allow the driver to be added during
installation.

a. modinfo
b. modules.cgz
c. modules.dep
d. pcitable
e. rhdd-6.1


1. Boot normally from the Redhat installation CD-Rom.

2. Type 'linux dd' on the boot prompt.

3. When the install prompts for a driver disk, insert the
driver diskette created above and press 'Enter'.

4. Complete the installation as directed by the install.


II. Update driver using RPMs after OS is installed
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Type the following commands under a Linux command shell:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
cd /mnt/floppy
./megarpmwrapper.sh

Than follow the on-screen instructions to install the RPM driver.

For more detailed information about the script megarpmwrapper.sh,
please refer to the release_notes.txt included in the release.