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Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual

3-2


The software has been fully tested under Red Hat 7.3, Red Hat
8.0, Red Hat 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (32-bit only) and
SuSE 8.2. Updating or recompiling the kernel or the XFree86
distribution may cause the driver and DDX to fail to load. In
this case, please contact our technical support team for a
possible solution (See Chapter 7). The software consists of the
following modules:

raptor.o

Kernel driver for the Raptor 2000

rapqfp.o

Kernel driver for the Raptor 2500

tsi_drv.o

XFree86 DDX module

libMOX.a

MOX extension module

3.3 CD-ROM

Installation







The following are step by step instructions for installing the
Raptor Drivers for Linux from a CD-ROM.

1. Login

as

root

on the target system, using

/bin/sh

as

your shell.

2. Insert the CD-ROM labeled “Raptor Drivers for Linux”

into the drive.

3. If the drive is already mounted, type:

prompt#

cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/i-class

4. If the CD-ROM is not already mounted, type:

NOTE: Rebooting the system after the Raptor card installation
may cause the auto configuration manager to come up in
some distributions. At this point, ignore the auto configuration.
Refer to Section 3.6 to configure the Raptor card after the
software is installed.

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