PROMISE FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668 Series Linux Driver
For SuSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) 10 SP2
Driver Version 1.2.0.53 (x86_64)
[INTRO UCTION]
1 Foreword
This procedure applies to all Promise FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668 Series
adapters running under the SuSE Linux operating systems.
Do NOT use this procedure for other versions of Linux.
2 Prepare a Driver Diskette
You will use a diskette to load the new Linux driver onto your PC.
1) Obtain a new, formatted diskette and label it "FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668
Driver Disk" Insert it into your PC's floppy drive.
2) Extract the contents of the driver file you downloaded from the
Promise website onto your hard disk. Use either WinZIP in Windows or
tar in Linux to extract the files, and make driver floppy as the
following.
2.1) On DOS-based PC:
Running "rawrite.exe" and according to prompt to extract image file
to floppy.
2.2) On Windows-based PC:
Running "rawritewin.exe" and according to prompt to extract image file
to floppy.
2.3) On UNIX/LINUX-based PC:
running command "dd if=imagefilename of=floppydevicename bs=10k" to
copy image file to floppy.
Note:
imagefilename --- the disk image file name that you want to copy.
floppydevicename --- the floppy device name, on linux OS that name
should be "/dev/fd0".
[INSTALLATION]
!!!NOTE: When choose software on first installation mode, reject option of
"Xen Virtual Machine Host Server", we don't support it.
3 To install the FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668 Series Linux Driver into an EXISTING SYSTEM:
1) Boot linux system and login as root.
2) Insert Promise FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668 Driver Diskette into the drive.
3) Issue command to load new driver at the # command prompt:
# mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
# cd /media/floppy
# sh install
# cd /
# umount /media/floppy
NOTE: if no floppy directory on /media, please use :
a.)#cd /media
b.)#mkdir floppy
to produce the directory, and do step by step above.
4) Reboot linux system.
4 To install the FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668 Series Linux Driver into a NEW SYSTEM:
1) Start the SuSE installation by booting from SuSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP2 CD1.
2) When CD boots, move cursor to "Installation --- ACPI Disabled" option
3) Press "F5" Key for choice "Yes" to use the Driver Disk, and press "Enter" key
4) Insert the PROMISE FastTrak TX 4660/8660/8668 Driver Disk when it displays
"Please insert the Driver Update floppy/CDROM". Then press ENTER key.
5) When Diver Update Menu pop-up, press "OK" and "Back" for back to installer.
6) Follow the on-screen prompts to continue with the installation until it is finished.
5 FAQ
1) When I have installed OS, and reboot, my system cann't bootup and hanging,
what should I do?
ANS. Add "acpi=off" or "acpi=3Doff" as kernel boot option.
2) System can not find Logical drive after driver loaded, neither "New OS Installation"
nor "Install Driver on exist OS"?
ANS. Add "acpi=3Doff" as kernel boot option.
3) After OS installed and auto reboot, system cann't bootup?(Fedora ONLY)
ANS.
a.)Put OS installation CD into CDROM
b.)on installation screen, type in "linux dd rescue" after a prompted label "boot:"
c.)do next step until OS has mounted /mnt/sysimage.
d.)#cd /mnt/sysimage
#chroot .
e.)step by step with "Install Driver on exist OS" (FYI [INSTALLATION]"3")
4) If I used a USB floppy to install OS on card, after reboot I couldn't login OS, what
could I do for it?
ANS.
a.)When stop on boot graphic can't login:
1. When enter graphic mode, press "Esc" key to enter text mode.
2. Press "e" key to enter edit mode (see explanation in the screen).
3. Edit the "kernel" line to change all "sdb" to "sda", and then
press "Enter" key.
4. Press "b" key to boot system.
b.)After login OS:
1. To modify boot menu file, and to change all "sdb" to "sda".
The path of boot menu :
Redhat : /boot/grub/grub.conf
Suse : /boot/grub/menu.lst
2. To modify /boot/grub/device file, and to change all "sdb" to "sda".
3. To modify /etc/fstab file, and to change all "sdb" to "sda".
c.)Reboot, and then continue as normal.
d.)Note: "sda", "sdb" just are examples, please see your situation to modify them.
5) Install OS on HBA with JBOD mode, XWindows will be blocked on "serial number" menu, or
shown "BIOS RAID" on partition menu, what happened?
ANS. Add "nodmraid" as kernel boot option. (ex: linux dd nodmraid)
6) Install by USB-floppy notification.
If you are using usb-floppy instead of ide-floppy, all "fd0" symbol should be changed to
"sd?", "sd?" can be determinated by below step d.
If exist problem in executing "install" script, please see below:
ANS.
a.) After install finish but before reboot, press " Alt + F2" switch into command terminal.
b.) #cd /mnt/sysimage
c.) #chroot . ("." is now directory)
d.) #dmesg |grep 'Attached scsi removable disk' | awk '{print $7}'
e.) By step d, you can get scsi device named "sda", "sdb" or "sdc"... ,etc.
f.) Choose a target upon what you get:
sda: #mknod /dev/sda b 8 0
sdb: #mknod /dev/sda b 8 16
sdc: #mknod /dev/sda b 8 32 ...and so on.
Note: "sda", "sdb" just are examples, please see your situation to modify them.
g.) #mount /dev/??? /mnt (??? means name from step d)
h.) #/mnt/install
7) If install OS with "linux dd acpi=off" that can't work normally, and take 10~13 minutes to
cause system to be blocked on "running /sbin/loader" , how could I do for this?
ANS. Add "acpi=3Doff" to replace "acpi=off" when install OS.
8) I use VessRAID as the backend server and my OS on HBA seems not work properly...
ANS. PLS don't use LVM partition mechanism, you better customize the partition by legcy, else maybe cause boot failure.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.