
Chapter 2 Installing RedHat On MegaRAID 3
2 Installing RedHat on MegaRAID IDE
The following steps are required to successfully install the RedHat based Linux Operating
System on MegaRAID IDE:
Step Description
1 Download the required files
2 Create installation diskettes (two)
3 Installing RedHat
4 Installing the monitoring software
Step 1 Download the Required Files
Download the required files from the LSI Logic web site located at
http://www.lsilogic.com. The files are listed below:
File Description
HYPERCONF-1.0-3.I386.RPM
This file is a RedHat Package Manager (RPM) file. It
contains the MegaRAID IDE Monitoring software. RPM
files are discussed in depth in Chapter 4.
Boot.img
Post.img
Postsmp.img
These files are used to create the boot floppies used for
the installation. They are the following:
KERNEL-2.2.16-22-i686.RPM
This file is a RedHat Package Manager (RPM) file. It
contains modules required to complete the installation of
the Operating System.
Note: New versions of the above files will be made available. The new files will have the same
basic name. For example: HYPERCONF-1.0-2.I386.RPM will be replaced by
HYPERCONF-1.0-4.I386.RPM.
Step 2 Create Installation Diskettes
Step 2 requires a second system with either Microsoft Windows 95/98 or a UNIX based
Operating System and two formatted floppy diskettes. The required Installation Diskettes
are created on this second system.
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