HighPoint RocketRAID 1720 - Manual (Page 51)

Linux Driver Support
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2. 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 (rr172x.o or rr172x.ko).
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 RR1720 controller. Installation of the
management software is optional but recommended. To configure HighPoint RAID
Management Software to work with RR1720 driver, you should setup /etc/hptcfg to
be the driver name:
# echo rr172x > /etc/hptcfg
Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more
information.
6 - Uninstalling the Driver
To uninstall the RocketRAID 1720 driver
Note: The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array
attached to the RocketRAID 1720.
To uninstall the driver, remove the lines added to /etc/fstab, and remove the files
created in the /etc/init.d directory.
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