Adaptec PERC 320/DC, v.1.1.5.2392 (32-bit & 64-bit), A01

Custom Instructions for PERC320dc-E-aacraid-RHEL4Gold-1.1.5.2392-A01.tar.gz:

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

Custom instructions for PERC320dc-E-aacraid-RHEL4Gold-1.1.5.2392-A01.tar.gz


There are two ways of installing the device driver on Redhat Linux. One is using a driver
disk during OS installation and the second is using a driver RPM to update the 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 provided tar file.
 
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Create the installation driver diskette from the provided IMG file.

1. Using a UNIX/Linux system mount the drive containing the img file.
2. Insert a blank floppy disk in your floppy disk drive.
3. Use the dd command to copy the image to the floppy by issuing the following the command:

dd if=//aacraid-1.1.5.2392-kernel2.6.9-5.EL-x86_64-kernel2.6.9-5.ELhugemem-i686-kernel2.6.9-5.EL-i686-kernel2.6.9-5.ELsmp-x86_64-kernel2.6.9-5.ELsmp-i686-dd.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k


Install Redhat with the driver diskette.

1. Boot normally from the Redhat installation CD-ROM
2. Type < linux dd > at the boot prompt
3. At the "Do you have a driver disk" screen select “Yes”.
4. At the "Driver Disk Source" screen select fd0 (for floppy)
5. At the "Insert Driver Disk" screen, insert the driver disk created above and select OK to continue.
8. Select any additional devices in your system manually.
9. Complete the installation as directed by the install.

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Updating the Driver using RPM after OS is installed:

The PERC320dc-E-aacraid-RHEL4Gold-1.1.5.2392-A01.tar.gz package includes two RPMs:
- dkms-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm
- aacraid-1.1.5.2392-1dkms.noarch-(32 or 64)bit.rpm.
Before beginning the installation, copy PERC320dc-E-aacraid-RHEL4Gold-1.1.5.2392-A01.tar.gz into your temporary directory. Change to /tmp directory and untar the package with the following commands:

1. cd /tmp
2. tar xvzf unique_string-aacraid-RHEL4Gold-1.1.5.2392-A03.tar.gz
3. To install the rpms type:
4. rpm -Uvh dkms-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm
5. rpm -Uvh aacraid-1.1.5.2392-1dkms.noarch.rpm
Note: The driver RPM is in DKMS format and requires user to install dkms rpm first (dkms-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm).
 
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