Installing Red Hat Linux Drivers

Dell™ CERC and PERC RAID Controllers Operating System Driver Installation Guide

Use the procedures in this section to install the Red Hat Linux driver. The driver is updated frequently. To make sure you have the current version of the driver, you can download the updated Red Hat Linux driver from Dell Support at http://support.dell.com.

For information about installing a standard Linux driver, see Installing the Red Hat Linux Driver.

NOTE: On a Linux 8.0 system, when you run Cerc Manager (v. 5.23) from a Gnome-terminal in XWindows, the <F10> key cannot be used to create a logical drive. Instead, you can use the alternate keys <Shift><0>. (This is not an issue if Xterm is used to call cercmgr). The following is a list of alternate keys you can use in case of problems with keys <F1> through <F6>, and <F10>:

<Shift><1> for <F1>
<Shift><2> for <F2>
<Shift><3> for <F3>
<Shift><4> for <F4>
<Shift><5> for <F5>
<Shift><6> for <F6>
<Shift><0> for <F10>

Installing the Red Hat Linux Driver

To install a Red Hat Linux driver more recent than the one on the Red Hat CD, you must use a driver diskette when you are installing the operating system. See Installing the Driver for information on this procedure. You must download the files before you begin the operating system installation.

For more detailed installation instructions for Red Hat Linux 8.0 or later, see the operating system installation guide on the Dell Support site at support.dell.com.

Creating a Driver Diskette

Before beginning the installation, download the driver appropriate for your version of Red Hat Linux from support.dell.com to your temporary directory. This file includes two RPMs and five driver disk files. From a Red Hat Linux system, enter the following commands to separate the individual driver files from the tar archive file:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

cd /mnt/floppy

tar -xvzf/tmp/filename.tar.gz

cd /mnt/floppy

NOTE: You can also create a driver diskette using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD. See Creating a Driver Diskette in Installing the Windows Driver for more information.

Installing the Driver

Perform the steps below to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 or later and the appropriate RAID drivers.

Boot normally from the Red Hat Linux installation CD.
At the command prompt, type:

linux dd

When the install prompts for a driver diskette, insert the diskette and press <Enter>.

See Creating a Driver Diskette for information about creating a driver diskette.

Complete the installation as directed by the installation program.

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