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6.2.4 Uninstall controller from Windows
7/2008/Vista/2003
To remove the SAS RAID controller driver from the Windows system, follow the
instructions below.
1. Ensure that you have closed all applications and are logged in with administrative
rights.
2. Open Control Panel and start the Add/Remove Program
icon and uninstall
and software for the SAS RAID controller.
3. Go to Control Panel and select System. Select the Hardware tab and then click
the Device Manager Button. In Device Manager, expand the “SCSI and RAID
Controllers” section. Right click on the AXUS SAS RAID Controller and select
“uninstall”.
4. Click on Yes to confirm removing the SAS RAID driver. The
prompt to restart the
system will then be displayed.
6.3 Driver Installation for Linux
This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver
to Red Hat
Linux and SUSE Linux. Before installing the SAS RAID driver to the Linux,
complete the following actions:
1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the
Hardware Installation.
2. Start the system and then press Tab + F6 to enter the McBIOS
RAID manager
configuration utility. Use the BIOS configuration
utility to create the raid set and
volume set. For details, see Chapter 5, McBIOS RAID Manager and Terminal
mode configuration.
If you are using a Linux distribution for which there is not a compiled driver
available, you can copy the source from the SAS software CD and compile a new
driver.
Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SUSE Linux are included in the
shipped CD. You can download updated versions of compiled and tested drivers for
Red Hat or SUSE Linux from the Axus ftp site. Included in these downloads is the
Linux driver source, which can be used to compile the updated version driver for
RedHat, SUSE and other versions of Linux.
Please refer to the “readme.txt” file in the included CD- ROM or ftp site to make
driver diskette and to install driver to the system.
6.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD
This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to FreeBSD.
Before installing the SAS RAID driver to FreeBSD, complete following actions: