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DRIVER INSTALLATION
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4.3 Driver Installation for Linux
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 congure 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 conguration utility. Use the BIOS conguration
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” le on the included ARECA CD-
ROM or website to make driver diskette and to install driver to the
system.
4.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD
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 congure 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 conguration utility. Use the BIOS conguration