1. rr464-redhat-v10.zip Driver
2. Readme.txt File Contents

Readme.txt Driver File Contents (rr464-redhat-v10.zip)

Readme file for RocketRAID 464 Controller
BIOS and Device Driver

Copyright (C) HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Last updated on May 25, 2004

Please review this file for important information about compatibility issues and 
differences in operation that were discovered after our product manuals were 
created. In case of conflict among various parts of the documentation set, this 
file contains the most current information.

Note: The latest firmware and product documentation will be available for 
download at http://www.highpoint-tech.com

This file is divided into the following major sections:

1. Software Version
2. Files Listing
3. Rivision History
4. BIOS Update
5. Device Driver
6. HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software
7. Device Mapping Order
8. Known Problems


1. Software Version
====================

   BIOS version:   v1.0
   Driver version: v1.0

   Operating Systems:
      Red Hat Linux 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0


2. Files Listing
=================
   Readme.txt                      This file
   BIOS
    |- load.exe                    BIOS loading utility
    \_ 464v10.p8e                  Controller BIOS
   Driver
    |- rhdd-athlon.img             Driver disk image file for Athlon architecture
    |- rhdd-i686.img               Driver disk image file for i686 architecture
    \_ rhdd-i586.img               Driver disk image file for i586 architecture
   Doc
    \_ Install_RedHat_RR464.pdf    Installation Guide for Red Hat Linux


3. Rivision History
====================

  v1.0 05/25/2004
         * First release


4. BIOS Update
===============
   To update BIOS for RocketRAID 464 adapter, you can use HighPoint BIOS loading
   utility.
        

5. Device Driver 
=================
   To install the device driver, refer to the installation guide.


6. HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software
==========================================
   The management software requires that you have an X-Window system installed.
   Refer to the installation guide and user's manual to learn how to setup and
   use the management software.


7. Device Mapping Order
========================
   The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in BIOS Setting
   Utility. If you have no SCSI adapters installed, the device marked as 
   "BOOT" or "HDD0" will be /dev/sda, "HDD1" will be /dev/sdb, "HDD2" will be 
   /dev/sdc, etc. If you have one or more SCSI adapters installed, the device 
   name may not start from /dev/sda, depending on the driver loading order.
   e.g. If OS is on a single SCSI disk system, the device name will start
   from /dev/sdb.

   
8. Known Problems
==================

1) Booting problem after drive configuration changed

   If you add or remove drives after OS installed, Linux may have problem to
   boot since the device name will change. To solve this problem, first get the
   correct device name on which the root file system resides, then type
   "linux root=/dev/sdx" (where sdx is the device name) at "LILO:" prompt 
   (if the booting screen is graphic mode, press Ctrl-X to enter text
   mode first). After you boot into system you can modify /etc/lilo.conf to 
   use the correct root device.

2) OS device name may change after drive configuration changed

   OS device name may change when you add or remove drives after OS installed,
   or after you rebuild a broken array with existing single drive.
   In this case if you have statically configured device names (E.g, in file
   /etc/fstab), OS will have problem. You must modify the configuration files to
   solve this kind of problem. Please refer to "device mapping order" in above 
   section to get the device name for each logical device, then modify the 
   configuration files.

3) Installing OS to SCSI disk

   When install OS to drives on SCSI adapters, you must first remove RocketRAID
   464 controller from the system. Otherwise the system won't boot up after
   installation.