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#         Silicon Image SiI SATA controller                           #
#                     Linux  Driver                                   #
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1. OVERVIEW
   This driver disk adds support for SiI SATA controller that is otherwise
   not supported by a Distribution. For newer kernels this driver overrides
   the Open Source Driver.

   Supported Versions:

      . SuSE 8.0 / 8.1 / 8.2  

2. CREATE FLOPPY

   dd if=[distribution]_sii6512.img of=/dev/fd0  (In a Linux System)
      where distribution is redhat or suse_united 
      See Full Install if you want to use WINDOWS to create
          the floppy
      
   => Configure RAID SET using the controller BIOS if you want RAID functionality

   See FULL INSTRUCTIONS guide to resolve common problems
 
   The following BIOS BOOT sequence is recommended => CD, Floppy, Hard Disk

3. INSTALL SOFTWARE SuSE 8.0

     . Insert Bootable CDROM

     . CTL-ALT before Installation Begin 

     . INSERT FLOPPY DISKETTE

     . Follow the rest of the instructions
       * See Full Instructions if formatting fails


4. INSTALL SOFTWARE SuSE 8.1

     4.1   Insert Bootable CDROM

     4.2   CTL-ALT before Installation Begin 

     4.3   INSERT FLOPPY DISKETTE

     4.4   Add 'noapic' as a boot option
           * Required in some systems. See Full
             Instructions text. 
        

     4.5   Follow normal instructions

     4.6   After Entering Language Selection choose 
           'New installation' and continue as usual
           * See Full Instructions if formatting fails

     4.7   IF USING RAID then some extra steps are required 

           a)  DO NOT REMOVE CD AND FLOPPY when asked to REBOOT. 

           b)  REPEAT the installation steps EXACTLY as the first
               time (steps 4.1 to 4.5) but this time choose 'Boot installed system' 
               instead of 'New installation' 
           c)  Continue with installation until the end. BUT before rebooting

           d)  Become root and type 'lilo'
               (if you fail to do so you may get a 'grub>' screen and you will
                have to go back to step a)   

5. INSTALL SOFTWARE SuSE 8.2

     5.1  Insert Bootable CDROM

     5.2  Press F3 before Installation Begin 

     5.3  Choose "Installation" instead of "Boot From Disk"

     5.4  Add the following boot options: (it disables open source driver)

              hde=noprobe hdg=noprobe 
              (2 drives)  OR 

              hde=noprobe hdg=noprobe hdk=noprobe hdi=noprobe 
              (4 drives)
     
     5.5   Follow the rest of the instructions
           * See Full Instructions if formatting fails

     5.6  IF USING RAID then some extra steps are required 

          1)  DO NOT REMOVE CD AND FLOPPY when asked to reboot. 
              8.2 can actually reboot automatically. In that case
              you may encounter the prompt at step 4)

          2)  REPEAT the installation steps EXACTLY as the first
              time but this time choose 'Boot installed system' 
              instead of 'New installation' 

          3)  Finish the installation but before rebooting the second
              time do the following:

              .  cd / (goto root and execute the script below)
                 'sh finish_setup'

	  4)  Reboot System. If you get a 'grub>' screen 
                             you will have to go back to step 1.  


6. GENERAL INFO

   . If you cat /proc/scsi/SiI6512/* you should see the Driver as reported by
     the kernel
 
   . If you cat /proc/scsi/scsi you should see the your RAID TYPE as reported
     by the kernel

   NOTE: if you change from RAID 0 to RAID 1 you may have to
         reboot twice (do a CTL-ALT-F4 if the formatting hangs)
        * If you get Any Errors or 'hangs' before formatting the Disk Drives see
          Full Installation. 

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