AMCC 9000 User Manual

Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux

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Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette

If you are installing Linux on the new drive or unit managed by the 
3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If 
Linux is already installed on another device, you may install the 
3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or make a 
driver diskette.

1

Insert the 3ware software CD into your system.

2

When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & 
Firmware Disks button.

3

In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the 
button for the driver disk you want to create.

A confirmation window opens.

4

Insert a blank diskette into a drive and click the Yes button to 
begin creating the driver floppy diskette.

Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on 

a New Unit

 If Red Hat Linux is already installed and bootable on another 

drive, turn to “Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux 
System that Boots From a Different Device” on page 70.

 We have tested some older systems where an IDE 

drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using 
a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as 
a boot device. Disconnecting the IDE drive while 
installing Linux will eliminate this problem. After Linux 
is installed, the drive can be reconnected.