Adaptec asr-5405 kit [53/116] Installing with red hat linux or centos

To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows:

1. Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation.

3. When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select Load Driver.

4. Insert the USB driver disk, browse to the driver location, then click OK.

5. When the Adaptec driver is found, press Next.

Note: You may see the message ‘No drives were found’. Repeat [3], [4] (browse

to driver location), and [5]. On the second attempt, the driver will load successfully.

6. Click Next again to accept the default partition conguration, or refer to your Windows documentation

to congure partitions manually.

7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

8. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 65.

Installing with Red Hat Linux or CentOS

Note: You will need the Installation CD for your operating system to complete this

task. You must have root privilege to install the driver image.

To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux or CentOS:

1. Insert your installation CD.

2. Restart your computer.

3. When the rst installation screen appears, insert the USB driver disk.

4. Type this command at the Boot: prompt, then press Enter:

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5. Select Yes to indicate that you have a driver disk, browse the USB drive (typically, /dev/sda1), then

select the driver image.

6. Verify that the driver is loaded, then complete the installation following the on-screen instructions.

7. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 65.

Installing with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux:

1. Insert the SuSE Installation CD.

2. Restart your system.

3. When the installation selection screen appears, choose the type of installation you want, press F5

(SuSE 10) or F6 (SuSE 11), then select Yes to indicate that you have a driver disk.

4. Insert the USB driver disk.

5. (SuSE 11 SP3 only) Add 'brokenmodules=aacraid dud=1' to the Boot menu. This step ensures that

the installer loads from the driver disk, not the in-box driver.

6. When prompted to "Please choose the Driver Update medium", highlight the USB partition, then

select OK.

Note: If the "choose Driver Update medium" screen is displayed again, assume

that the driver was accepted; select Back, then press Enter.

7. (SuSE 11 SP3 only) On the "Welcome screen", switch to the console by typing CTRL+ALT+F2, then

type this command:

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Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide