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Linux Driver Installation 2-3

2.2 Linux Driver Installation

This section explains how to make fresh installations of the Embedded

MegaRAID Software driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and 4.0 and

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.

2.2.1 Obtaining the Driver Image File

The Linux driver is offered in the form of a driver update disk. The

required file is dud-[driver version].img, which is the driver

update disk for the Embedded MegaRAID Software stack.

You can obtain the latest driver files from the Download Center on the

LSI web site at: http://www.lsilogic.com.

2.2.2 Preparing the Installation Disk(s) for Linux

This section describes how to prepare the Linux installation disk(s) from

the driver image files, using either the Windows or Linux operating

systems.

2.2.2.1 Preparing Installation Disks with the Windows Operating System

Under Windows, you can use the rawrite floppy image writer utility to

create disk images from image files. The image writer can be

downloaded from the Internet. Perform the following steps to build

installation diskettes.

1. Copy the driver update disk image dud-[driver version].img

and the file rawrite.exe to a directory.

2. Confirm that the files are in the selected directory.

3. If necessary, use this command to change the filename of the driver

update disk to a name with fewer than eight characters:

copy dud-[driver version].img dud.img.

4. Open the DOS Command Prompt and navigate to the directory

where rawrite.exe is located.

5. Type the following command to create the installation diskette:

rawrite

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