RHEL 6.1 / CentOS 6.1 Installation with Adaptec RAID Controllers

1.) Copy the "aacraid-1.2.1.29900-dd.img" and "aacraid.conf" to the root of a USB stick. 

2.) Create an array on the Adaptec RAID controller from the BIOS. 

3.) Begin installing the OS. When the graphical welcome screen appears, make sure the cursor is on the top line 
"Install a new system or upgrade an existing system". Press TAB.  Add

linux dd

4.) Complete the installation as usual.

5.) Remove the installation media (if applicable) and the USB stick. Boot the system from the Series 6 controller.

6.) In order for the driver to withstand online updates, the following must be done.  Mount a USB stick containing this file

aacraid.conf

to the root of a USB stick.

# fdisk -l

Assuming the USB stick is /dev/sdb1:

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

# cp /mnt/aacraid.conf /etc/depmod.d/aacraid.conf

Now when

# yum update

is carried out, the driver will remain installed.
