RHEL 6.3 / CentOS 6.3 32-bit Installation with Adaptec RAID Controllers

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

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

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

to the end of the line and press ENTER.

Continue the installation as usual and then boot from the array.

In order for the driver to withstand online updates, the following must be done. Insert the USB stick and mount it.

# 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.


