Driver Disk Installation Guide for ARC-11XX/ARC12XX/ARC16XX/18XX RAID Controller 
on openSUSE 12.3(kernel 3.7.10-1.1)
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Linux SCSI driver technical support 
Mail address: support@areca.com.tw
Web site: www.areca.com.tw
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readme.txt  - The installation guide of arcsas driver for openSUSE 12.3
arcmsr-opensuse12.3.zip  - Areca Raid driver for system installation
arcmsr.1.30.0X.20-20150324.zip - arcmsr driver source code

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2. SLES system Installation
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A. Before Installation

   a. Unzip arcmsr-opensuse12.3.zip to the top(/) directory of an USB flash drive.

B. Start installation

   a. Insert the USB flash drive to the target system.
	
   b. Boot from openSUSE 12.3 DVD installation disc.
	
   c. Press "F6" select "Yes".

   d. Move cursor to hightlight "Installation", then press ENTER to install openSUSE

   e. When the message: "Driver Updates Added" show-up, and you can see "arcmsr Driver Update Disk 1",
      press Enter to continue.
	   
   f. When the message: "Please choose the driver update medium" show-up, if 
      you can see all your raid volumes appear on the medium list,
      move cursor to "Back" and press Enter to continue system installation.

      If you can't see the Areca RAID controller or raid volumes, move cursor to
      driver update media and press OK to update driver.

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3. Installing arcmsr driver on an Existing System
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   Extract arcmsr-opensuse12.3.zip to current directory.
   ~> cd linux/suse/xxx-12.3/install

      where "xxx" - can be "i386" or "x86_64"

   Install driver package.
   ~> sudo rpm -ivh arcmsr-kmp-yyy-1.30.0X.20_opensuse12.3_k3.7.10_1.1-1.zzz.rpm

      where "yyy" - can be "desktop", "default", "pae" or "xen"
            "zzz" - can be "i586" or "x86_64"

   ~> sudo /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/arcmsr.ko
   ~> sudo /sbin/depmod -a

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4. To compile arcmsr driver on an Existing System.
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a. Prepare tools and environment for building driver

   If you don't have "gcc" installed in your system, Install it by next command.
   ~> sudo zypper install gcc

   If you don't have "make" installed in your system, Install it by next command.
   ~> sudo zypper install make

   If you don't have kernel-devel installed in your system, Install it from opensuse DVD by next command.
   ~> sudo rpm -ivh kernel-devel-3.7.10-1.1.1.noarch.rpm

   If you don't have kernel-desktop-devel installed in your system, Install it from opensuse DVD by next command.
   ~> sudo rpm -ivh kernel-desktop-devel-3.7.10-1.1.1.xxx.rpm

   where xxx may be x86_64 or i586

b. extract driver source code to arcmsr directory

   ~> cd arcmsr
   ~> make
   ~> sudo cp arcmsr.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr
   ~> sudo /sbin/depmod -a
   ~> sudo /sbin/insmod arcmsr.ko
