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This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller 

driver to Red Hat Linux, and SuSE Linux. Before installing the SATA 

RAID driver to the Linux, complete the following actions:

1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives accord-

ing to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation.  

2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to enter the McBIOS 

RAID manager configuration utility.  Use the BIOS configuration 

utility to create the RAID set and volume set.  For details, see 

Chapter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager.

If you are using a Linux distribution for which there is not a com-

piled driver available from ARECA, you can copy the source from 

the SATA software CD or download the source from the ARECA 

website and compile a new driver. 

Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are in-

cluded on the shipped CD. You can download updated versions of 

compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat or SuSE Linux from the 

ARECA web site at http://www.areca.com.tw.  Included in these 

downloads is the Linux driver source, which can be used to compile 

the updated version driver for RedHat, SuSE and other versions of 

Linux. 

Please refer to the “readme.txt” file on the included ARECA CD-

ROM or website to make driver diskette and to install driver to the 

system.

This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller 

driver to FreeBSD. Before installing the SATA RAID driver to Free-

BSD, complete following actions:

1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives accord-

ing to the instructions in Chapter 2, Hardware Installation. 

2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to enter the McBIOS 

RAID Manager configuration utility. Use the BIOS configuration