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#         Silicon Image SiI SATA controller                           #
#                     Linux  Driver 	                            #
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1. OVERVIEW
   This driver disk adds support for SiI SATA controller that is otherwise
   not supported by a Distribution.

   Supported Versions:

      * RedHatLinux 7.3/8.0/9.0 (see * for 9.0)
      * SuSE 8.0 / 8.1  
      * United Linux 1.0

2. CREATE FLOPPY

   dd if=[distribution]_sii6512.img of=/dev/fd0  (In a Linux System)
      where distribution is redhat or suse_united 
      See Full Install if you want to use WINDOWS to create
          the floppy
      
   ** Configure RAID SET using the BIOS if you want RAID

3. INSTALL SOFTWARE

   * RedHat
     . Insert Bootable CDROM
     . At boot prompt type 'linux dd'
	* RedHat 9.0 requires to disable the Open Source Driver by typing
	  linux dd hde=noprobe hdg=noprobe 	
     . Insert Floppy Containing the Driver and follow the installation instructions.
     . To UPGRADE or to just add 'DATA' sata disk drives see Full Install instructions.
     . Run cleanup scripts at some point. See examples inside floppy
        (mount /dev/fd0 your_directory; ls; cat cleanup-xxxx)
         Cleanup gets rid of temporary driver with "Unresolved symbols" 
         'sh cleanup-8.0' as an example 
       RedHat 9.0 requires changes to the boot loaders (LILO and GRUB)
	   Run 'sh redhat_9.0_update_loaders'

    * SuSE / United Linux
     . Insert Bootable CDROM
     . Let CDROM start installation. Before Starting YaST (before ANY user input is required)
     . Insert Floppy Containing the Driver and follow the instructions below.
  
         1) Get a shell by typing CTL-ALT-F2
         2) mkdir f; mount /dev/fd0 f ; cd f  OR change "f" to "/tmp/tmp"
         3) sh install-x.x-suse-pre-script  (this script will install a temporary driver)
               where x.x is 8.0 or 8.1, etc as an example
                     suse or united_linux
         4) CLT-ALT-F7 to go back to YaST and continue installation

     . After YaST installation BEFORE ENTERING ROOT PASSWORD
         1) Get a shell by typing CTL-ALT-F2
         2) mount the floppy again
         3) sh install-x.x-suse-post-script
               where x.x or suse changes with distribution as shown
               above.

4. GENERAL INFO

   . If you cat /proc/scsi/SiI6512/* you should see the Driver as reported by
     the kernel
 




