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Raptor 4000 Series: Reference Manual
©2009 Tech Source Inc. 5 Part #65-0271-01
3 Software Installation
3.1 Overview
This installation chapter describes how to install and configure the
drivers for Raptor 4000 Series cards. The following card models
are supported:
• Raptor 4000
• Raptor 4000e
• Raptor 4000-LR
• Raptor 4000e-LR
• Raptor 4000-R
• Raptor 3500e
Henceforth, Raptor 3500e will be referred to as Raptor 4000
Series product.
3.2 Requirements
The following are prerequisites for installing the Raptor Drivers for
Linux Software:
• At least 3MB of disk space available in
“/”
and
“/usr”
for
drivers.
• A Raptor card is presently installed in the workstation/server
(See Chapter 2 for instructions on installing a Raptor graphics
card).
• Linux Kernel v2.4.x or v2.6.x installed
• XFree86 (v4.0 or later) or X.org distribution installed and
configured for the current console graphics card
• RPM (v3.0 or later) packaging tools
Updates or recompiles to the kernel, X.org or XFree86 distribution
may cause the driver and DDX to fail to load. In this event, please
contact our technical support team for a possible solution (See
Chapter 7).