SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP19750
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  Spy-co-6.0-3.2.i386.rpm
TITLE:  RPM for the installation of the ATA RAID Management Utility
VERSION:  6.0-3.2.i386
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Storage Controllers

DIVISIONS: Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  ML 330G2 -- ATA Version

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Red Hat 7.2 and Suse SLES 7

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: ATA Version Only

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  April 1, 2002

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  Version 5.x

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  
Provides a disk for the installation of the ATA RAID Management 
Utility for use with supported Linux distributions on the ATA 
Version of the ML 330G2.

Following execution the user will need to follow the instructions 
included in the associated README-19750.TXT file.


Enhancements/Fixes:
N/A.  


HOW TO USE:

1.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and 
    change to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is a tgz 
    file with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

2.  From that drive and directory, type

	tar -zxvf sp19750.tar.gz

    to extract the downloaded file.  The RPM file will 
    be created in the current directory.

3.  After the RPM file is extracted, you may delete the SoftPaq file 
    downloaded in step 1.

4.  Refer to the installation instructions below for details on 
    installation of the utility.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Extract the SoftPaq to a floppy.

2.  Download the Spy-co-<version>.rpm file and copy it to a floppy.
2.1.  Mount the floppy (mount /mnt/floppy)
2.2.  Copy the Spy-co-<version>.rpm to any directory 
(cp /mnt/floppy/Spy-co-<version>.rpm /root)
2.3.  Unmount the floppy (umount /mnt/floppy)

3.  Only after the Linux OS is installed and the MegaIDE driver is 
operating properly, then the user can install the Integrated ATA RAID 
Management Utility
3.1.  Change directory to the location in which the RPM 
(Spy-co-<version>.rpm) was copied/extracted in step 2.
3.2.  Install the files by running the RPM.  At the command prompt 
run, rpm ?i Spy-co-<version>.rpm.  This will install the following 
components:
3.2.1.  /usr/sbin/Spy
3.2.2.  /usr/sbin/CheckSpy
3.2.3.  /usr/sbin/options
3.2.4.  /etc/rc.d/init.d/spy
3.2.5.  /usr/doc/Spy-6.0.3/README

4.  Installation is complete.  


Notes to the user:
?  To update newer RPM packages of Spy, please consult the 
manual pages for RPM on how to update to new RPM packages. 
?  Spy must be unloaded to use FDISK to partition new drives 
on the IDE controller.  You can do this by using the following 
steps.
?    Spy ?stop
?    fdisk /dev/sd*
?    mkfs /dev/sd*
?    mount /dev/sd* /<any dir>
?    Spy ?start





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