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#         Silicon Image SiI SATA controller                           #
#               SuSE Driver 	                              #
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1. OVERVIEW
   This driver disk adds support for SiI SATA controller that is otherwise
   not supported by the installation program.
   Supported versions:

      * SuSE 8.0/8.1/8.2

2. INSTALLATION

2.0 For detailed information about installation visit:
    http://www.
 
2.1 Preparing driver disk 
    
    A floppy disk is required to install into a brand new (or blank) disk drive. 
    
 Several Options:
 
  . Extract the contents of the sii____rhdd.tgz file on to a formatted floppy disk.
    (e.g. use tar xzf sii____suse.tgz)
    
  . If running windows: use "rawrite.exe sii____.img A:" 
  . If running linux:  "dd if=sii6512.img of=/dev/fd0"
  
    (actual file names may vary slightly. ____ identifies a valid chipset for the driver)
     for example: sii3112r.img, sii6512.img are valid names 


 NOTES:
	8.1 8.0 STRIPING NOT WOKRING with drives bigger than 137GB
	

2.2 Steps for first-time installation 
   

2.3  Adding a Data Drive 
    
     If your system is already up and running then you can use execute shell scripts to modify
     the kernel or add loadable modules to access the SATA drives as follows:

     . # mount /mnt/floppy
         in case of DOS formatted floppy
         . # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy  
     
     . # 'sh /mnt/floppy/load.sh 2.4.18-14'  (DATA DRIVES)  
         (or use the scripts provided)
         
     . There are also several scripts samples you could use such as:
        load-2.4.18-14smp
                             
3.0  Special Cases:

