Driver Disk Installation Guide for ARC-11XX/ARC12XX/ARC16XX/18XX RAID Controller 
on OpenSuse 11.0 (kernel 2.6.25.5-1.1) x86_64 and i386 
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Linux SCSI driver technical support 
Mail address: support@areca.com.tw
Tel: 886-2-8797-4060
Fax: 886-2-8797-5970
Web site: www.areca.com.tw
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1. Contents									**
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readme.txt	- the installation guide for ARC-11XX/12XX/16XX/18XX driver on 
		OpenSuse 11.0
arcmsr.1.20.0X.15-100729.zip	- source code(arcmsr.c, arcmsr.h, Makefile)
install.zip	- ziped Areca RAID driver disk for system install (driver.img)

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2. OpenSuse 11.0 Installation							**
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A. Before Installation - Under DOS/Windows environment

	a. Unzip "install.zip"

		X:\PATH\pkunzip.exe install.zip =>> driver.img		

	b. Dump it into a floppy disk.

		X:\PATH\rawrite.exe driver.img A:

		Tips: You can get rawrite.exe from SLES Installation CD1 or DVD 

B. S.u.S.E Linux installation start...boot from CD or DVD

	a. Press "F6" select "Yes".

	b. Select "Installation" to install the OpenSuse 11.0

	c. Insert the driver disk to floppy drive.

	d. When the message: "Please choose the driver update medium" pop-up, it 
	means your areca raid driver is working for your raid volume.
	And you can see all your raid volumes appear on "SuSE medium list".
	Please click "Back" for back to normal installation console.

	e. Please follow SuSE's installation procedure to install your system.

	P.S. : Once you attempt to update your kernel. You should work on old 
	kernel and install new kernel source tree. Please follow linux kernel
	make procedure and add areca raid driver source for new kernel build.

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3. Installing raid driver on an Existing System					**
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	CASE 1: if you do not attempt to compile driver source

		Insert the driver disk to floppy drive.
		#mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
		#cd /mnt/linux/suse/i386-11.0/install/
		#cp update.tar.gz /usr
		#tar -zxvf update.tar.gz
		#cd /usr/update/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr
		or #cd /usr/update/lib/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr
		#insmod arcmsr.ko
		#cd
		#umount /mnt
		
	CASE 2: if you need to compile linux kernel drivers source

		P.S: You must have your Linux system with developmental environment
		and kernel source, in other words you should select the
		adequate packages on the menu list during installation.

		First of all, please unzip "arcmsr.1.20.0X.15-100729.zip" and copy source code folder to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr
		#cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr 
		#make
		#insmod arcmsr.ko
		To build new kernel ramdisk for load arcmsr driver during boot-up automatically,				
		#vi /etc/sysconfig/kernel
			@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
			@ ......
			@ ......
			@ INITRD_MODULES="arcmsr processor thermal....."  # add "arcmsr" in this context description
			@ ......
			@ ......
			@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
		#mkinitrd 
		#reboot