6 - uninstalling the driver, 5 installing the raid management software – HighPoint RocketRAID 1740 User Manual

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Linux Driver Support

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If the original driver is installed in the /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/

scsi/ directory, and loaded by the script file (Example /etc/init.d/hptdriver) during

the init process, or the configure file (Example /etc/modules.conf), please replace

it with the new driver (rr174x.o or rr174x.ko).

6 - Uninstalling the Driver

To uninstall the RocketRAID 174x driver

Note: The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array

attached to the RocketRAID 174x.

To uninstall the driver, remove the lines added to /etc/fstab, and remove the files

created in the /etc/init.d directory.

5 Installing the RAID Management Software

The HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of

your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR174x controller. Installation of the

management software is optional but recommended. To configure HighPoint RAID

Management Software to work with RR174x driver, you should setup /etc/hptcfg to be

the driver name: # echo RR174x > /etc/hptcfg Please refer to HighPoint RAID Man-

agement Software documents for more information.

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