Adaptec RAID 2120S Installation Manual

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3-11Installing the DriverRed Hat LinuxNote: A SCSI CD-ROM drive attached to the controller cannotbe used in any installation of an Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S to a system that will be running Linux. This restrictionisn’t just for the installation of the driver or the operatingsystem, but generally. The Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200SLinux driver will not operate with anything but hard diskdrives.Installing the Driver in a New Red Hat 7.2 Linux SystemIn this scenario, you are installing the controller in a new Red HatLinux system.Note: To install Red Hat to drives using an Adaptec SCSIRAID 2120S/2200S, you need to download the updates diskfor the Anaconda Installer from www.redhat.com. A bug inthe Red Hat installer for 7.2 makes this necessary. Thisupdates disk will be used in the following installation steps.To install the driver:1 Install and configure your Adaptec SCSI RAID controller andhard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2.2 Start the server. During startup, press Ctrl+A to start ARC. UseARC to create the RAID. For details, refer to Using the AdaptecRAID Configuration (ARC) Utility on page 2-9.3 Insert the Red Hat CD Disk 1 in the CD-ROM drive.4 Start the system.5 When the Red Hat welcome screen appears, type the followingat the boot prompt:linux dd noprobe updates6 When prompted, insert the driver disk you created at thebeginning of this chapter and select OK.7 Insert the updates disk when prompted.8 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment.