This release note and the software it accompanies it are copyright (c) 2003, Intel Corporation, and may only be installed and used in accordance with the license that accompanies the software. File name: RH70_DRV_205.zip Driver version 2.05 This download supports the following Intel(R) Server RAID Controllers: *SRCS14L Attention! =========== This program will extract a copy the Red Hat 7.0 RAID driver to a floppy diskette. Please refer to product and OS documentation for application instructions for this driver. Contents ========= File Version Size Date Description ----- -------- ----- ----- ------------ Modinfo n/a 1KB 10/10/02 Information file Modules.cgz 2.05 107KB 10/10/02 Driver Modules.dep 0KB 10/10/02 PCI Table 5KB 10/10/02 README.TXT n/a 2KB 02/06/03 This file Using This Tool ================ 1. Download the selected file. 2. Double click it to create the Red Hat 7.0 Installation driver diskette. With the driver diskette now created follow the instructions below. 3. Ensure the IIR controller is installed in your machine and is connected to drives on which you intend to create a host drive. 4. Boot your machine and when prompted press + to enter StorCon. Create a single host drive from your selected disks. For more information on creating host drives using the StorCon, refer to your user documentation. Read the Red Hat documentation to understand the disk space/size requirements for the Red Hat 7.0 installation. Note: Refer to the Red Hat Installation Manual before proceeding. 5. Ensure that the system is set to boot from the CD-ROM drive and boot to the Red Hat 7.1 CD-ROM. At the boot prompt type "linux dd". Press to continue. 6. The installer will prompt for a driver disk. Insert the driver diskette (created from the rh70_drv_204.exe) and press 7. Follow onscreen instructions to complete your installation. Upon completion, remove the floppy diskette from the drive and reboot the system. Linux Distribution Support ========================== This file contains information about the various Linux distributions which are supported by the Storage RAID Controllers. For the supported releases that do not have the correct driver embedded in the OS for out-of-the-box install, we have provided driver disks with this media. Note: Any Linux distribution using Linux kernel version 2.4.10/2.2.20 or above should work with Storage RAID Controllers. The Linux Storage RAID Controller drivers (called gdth,located in /usr/src/linux/scsi/gdth* ) are open source and covered by GPL. Following Linux distributions are supported: ------------------------------------------- 1. Redhat versions: 7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3 2. SuSE versions: 7.3/8.0 3. Turbolinux versions: 7.0 Server 4. Caldera OpenLinux versions: 3.1.1 Server and Workstation 5. Debian Linux versions: 3.0 6. Mandrake Linux versions: 8.1/8.2 Please refer below on install instructions for the above mentioned distributions on to a RAID volume. Instructions on creating Floppy disks from Disk image files ----------------------------------------------------------- The various disk(s) images needed for the installation are in the corresponding Linux distribution directory. The disk images all end with ".img" extension. To create corresponding floppy disk from the image, do the following: 1. Insert a floppy disk in the Floppy drive. Note that all the contents of this floppy will be lost after the image i written on it. 2. From a Linux box ; run the following command "dd if=/dev/fd0 of=disk_image.img" The above command assumes that your "/dev/fd0" is your floppy drive, otherwise replace with the corresponding device filename. The parameter "disk_image.img" refers to the full path to the disk image you want to transfer to a floppy. From Windows platform you can use a utility called "rawrite" to create the floppy disks. Instructions for Installing Linux onto a RAID drive --------------------------------------------------- Create a RAID Host Drive from the Storage RAID controller Expansion ROM. This Host Drive will be used to install the Linux distribution on to. Note: If the installed Storage RAID Controller driver "gdth" is older than the one bundled with this media. Be sure to update the "gdth" driver on your system. The instructions on updating "gdth" driver on an already installed system are detailed out in the User Manual. Use the command "cat /proc/scsi/gdth/# | more" to lookup the driver version. "#" depends on the nth SCSI controller that Storage RAID Controller gets detected as on your Linux system. ============================================================================== Redhat Linux ------------ Note: As of Red Hat Linux 7.0 and later, you will need to select the correct driver update disk for your machine. There are three available, the i386, i586, and the i686. Generally speaking, users with machines that have any i386 or i486 CPU need the i386 disk. Pentium and Pentium MMX users need the i586 disk. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and all later Pentium users need the i686 disk. Redhat 7.0 and 7.1 ------------------ 1. Create the appropriate Driver Disk from one of the files redhat/rh70i*86.img or redhat/rh71i*86.img. 2. Boot from the Redhat 7.0 (or 7.1) CD; at the install prompt type in "linux dd ". The installer will prompt you for the driver disk. Follow the instruction on screen from there on. OR You can also use the "expert" option (as in Redhat 6.2 instructions). In this case when the option is given to manually add new devices; choose "OK", and at the drop down list ; press F2 (Read the instructions on the screen :-) and then insert your Driver Disk. Once the driver Disk is loaded; the drop-down list of devices are also updated. From the updated list choose "Updated gdth Driver" and this will load the GDTH driver. 3. After the Driver is loaded; the installer will present the RAID volume as a SCSI disk (i.e /dev/sd*). 4. Follow instructions from the Redhat Install manual from here on. Note: Redhat 7.1 installation has trouble with Intel 440GX chipset based systems. If you have such a system, you might need an additional boot floppy and special instructions which are available from Redhat's website. Be sure to refer to http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/7.1/gotchas-71.html Redhat 7.2 ---------- 1. Create the appropriate Driver Disk from one of the files redhat/rh72i*86.img. 2. Also create an updates disk from the file redhat/rh72_upd.img. The updates disk is needed because of a bug in the Redhat Installer (Bugzilla Bug #55037) 3. Boot from the Redhat 7.2 CD; at the install prompt type in "linux updates ". followed by any other installation options which are required (such as "expert" or "text"). When prompted for a driver disk; insert the GDTH driver disk and follow prompts. When prompted for an updates disk; insert the RH 7.2 updates disk and follow prompts. 4. After the Driver is loaded; the installer will present the RAID volume as a SCSI disk (i.e /dev/sd*). 5. Follow instructions from the Redhat Install manual from here on. Redhat 7.3 ---------- The correct "gdth" drivers are embedded in the Redhat 7.3 release. But unfortunately due to some custom kernel added by Redhat to their default kernel source tree, "gdth" driver causes Kernel OOPS during unloading of the module and while accessing gdth procfs information if you are using the SMP kernel. This situation is remedied by upgrading the Redhat Kernel to an errata kernel release 2.4.18-10 from http://www.redhat.com/errata/rh73-errata.html . The other option is to install a kernel created from latest stable 2.4.x kernel sources as released by Linus Torvalds from http://www.kernel.org/ For the latest errata on Redhat releases please refer to: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/ GDTH driver disks for older Redhat releases are available from: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/partners/intel/rhiir.html ============================================================================== SuSE Linux ---------- SuSE 7.3/8.0 ------------ No Driver Disk necessary. The standard SuSE 7.3/8.0 floppy, cdrom or DVD contains the correct drivers for Storage RAID controllers. Please follow instructions from the SuSE 7.3/8.0 Installation manual. Note: After installation please update your drivers to the latest version from this media. ============================================================================== TurboLinux ---------- TurboLinux 7.0 Server --------------------- No Driver Disk necessary. The standard TurboLinux 7.0 installation media contains the correct drivers for Storage RAID controllers. Please follow instructions from the TurboLinux 7.0 Installation manual. Note: After installation please update your drivers to the latest version from this media. ============================================================================== Caldera OpenLinux ----------------- Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1 (server and workstation) ---------------------------------------------- No Driver Disk necessary. The standard Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1 installation media contains the correct drivers for Storage RAID controllers. Please follow instructions from the Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1 Installation manual. Note: After installation please update your drivers to the latest version from this media. ============================================================================== Debian Linux ------------ Debian Linux 3.0 ---------------- No Driver Disk necessary. The standard Debian Linux 3.0 installation media contains the correct drivers for Storage RAID controllers. Please follow instructions from the Debian Linux 3.0 Installation manual. Note: After installation please update your drivers to the latest version from this media. ============================================================================== Mandrake Linux -------------- Mandrake Linux 8.1/8.2 ---------------------- No Driver Disk necessary. The standard Mandrake Linux 8.1/8.2 installation media contains the correct drivers for Storage RAID controllers. Please follow instructions from the Mandrake Linux 8.1/8.2 Installation manual. Note: After installation please update your drivers to the latest version from this media. ============================================================================== *Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.