
Driver Installation Under Linux
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Driver Installation Under Linux
A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to
be your system's boot device. Or, you can use units managed by the 3ware
controller for secondary storage and boot from another device, such as a disk
attached to the motherboard, or other bootable media.
The steps you follow to install the driver and make your RAID unit available
depend on which version of Linux you are using, and whether it will be your
boot device. This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for the following:
• Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation
• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat
Linux on a New Unit” on page 42
• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora
Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device” on page 43
• SUSE Linux Installation
• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SUSE
Linux on a New Unit” on page 47
• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SUSE Linux System
that Boots from a Different Device” on page 48
The LSI website provides drivers for the latest Linux releases at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.
Refer to the release notes for more details.
If you are using an unsupported Linux distribution or kernel for which there is
not a driver available from the LSI download page, search the LSI Knowledge
Base for keyword 14546 (use the Advanced Search) at
https://selfservice.lsi.com/service/main.jsp. You can also contact LSI
For information about how to compile a driver from the 3ware driver source,
see the links appended to the Knowledge Base article mentioned above.
Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you may have already installed your 3ware
RAID controller in the system. Consult the installation guide that came with your
controller for how to do this. If you do not have a hardcopy of the installation
manual, it is available in the “doc” folder on your 3ware CD, or you can download it
from the LSI website at http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.
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