Hard Drive Migration under RedHat 7.2 and 7.3 using LILO (Draft 1) This document describes the procedure of migrating a hard disk drive from the motherboard controller to the Promise FastTrak RAID Controller, as it applies to a personal computer running RedHat Linux version 7.2 or 7.3 using the LILO bootloader. [Preparation] 1. Download the latest driver package from the Promise website (www.promise.com). 2. Obtain a new, formatted diskette and label it "FastTrak Driver Disk". 3. Extract the contents of the driver package onto your diskette. Use either WinZIP in Windows or Unzip in Linux to extract the files. 4. Have a Linux Boot disk from your original installation incase a mistake is made and you need to boot back into your original configuration. [Driver Installation] 1. Boot your Linux system and login as root. 2. Insert your FastTrak Driver Disk into the floppy drive. 3. Open the console and type the following commands: # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cd /mnt/floppy # sh install-ft Answer Yes or No during setup configuration. Yes loads the FastTrak driver every time Linux boots. # sh setup-ft # cd .. # umount /dev/fd0 4. Type "cd etc" (without quotes) to move to the etc directory. 5. Type "cat lilo.conf" (without quotes) to display the lilo.conf file. The file will include the following: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.ft label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img read-only root=/dev/hda2 ide0=0x1f0, 0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170, 0x376,15 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide0=0 ide9=0 6. Type "vi lilo.conf" (without the quotes) to edit the lilo.conf file. Press the Insert key on your keyboard to start editing. Change the letter "h" to an "s" in the line shown below: before: root=/dev/hda2 ide0=0x1f0, 0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170, 0x376,15 ide2=0 after: root=/dev/sda2 ide0=0x1f0, 0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170, 0x376,15 ide2=0 7. Press the Esc key, then type ":wq" (without the quotes) to save the file and quit the vi editor. 8. Shut down your PC. [Disk Drive Migration] 1. Disconnect the boot drive from the motherboard controller and connect it to the FastTrak RAID Controller. 2. Boot your PC. Early in the boot process, the FastTrak BIOS will appear. 3. Press Ctrl-F to open the Fast Build Utility. The Main Menu appears. Press the keyboard arrow keys to navigate the utility. 4. Select View/Define Array ... [ 2 ]. The Define Array Menu appears. 5. Highlight an Array number and press Enter to select it. The Define Array Definitions Menu appears. At this point in the process, we will make a temporary single-drive array using the disk drive with the FastTrak driver. 6. Create an Array 1, RAID Level 0, Total Drv 1, ignore Stripe Block and Gigabyte Boundary. 7. Select the channel with the attached drive and assign it to the Array. Press Ctrl-Y to Save. 8. Press Esc to exit. 9. Restart your PC. When the FastTrak BIOS appears, the array status should be functional. The system will continue booting. [Verification] 1. When the FastTrak BIOS appears, the array status should be functional. The system will continue booting. 2. When booting is finished, open the console. 3. Type "cat /proc/partitions" in the console window. Examine the array information: major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect 8 0 14668352 sda 4335 8911 102878 8 1 48163 sda1 34 469 1006 8 2 2040255 sda2 4290 8442 101850 8 3 257040 sda3 11 0 22 Under the name column, all partitions should be "sda". If so, the migration is successful. If the partitions show as "hda", the FastTrak driver did not load. Move the disk drive back to the motherboard connection and repeat the driver installation procedure. [Mirror Existing Array] If your objective is to Mirror your original drive, do the following: 1. Shut down the PC and install the new target drive. Connect the data cable to the FastTrak controller. 2. Boot the PC and open the FastBuild Utility. 3. Delete the existing Array. Note that deleting the array does not delete your data. 4. Create a new RAID 1 array including the new target drive. The data of the original drive will be duplicated onto the target drive. For a more detailed explanation, see Chapter 3 of the FastTrak User Manual.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.
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