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             VIA RAID Linux Utility Package ReadMe.txt                                  
                                                                        
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              Package Version 2.00 / ReadMe Version 2.00                                                             
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  VIA RAID Utility is a GUI tool for user to controll the RAID card, it support
  VT6410, VT6420, VT6421, VT8251 controller.


                             CONTENTS
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 1)  System Requirements
 2)  Software Package Contents
 3)  Utility Installation 
 4)  What's New
 5)  Notes
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 1) System Requirements
    You must has at least one controller on your system, and at least one 
    visible Hard Disk to run the utility.
    
    Before run Utility, make sure you have install driver.
    
    Supports the following Operating Systems:
      Fedora Core 4 
      Fedora Core 4 x86_64

    Need gtk-2.4 runtime libraries installed

 2) Software Package Contents 
 
    The utility package includes the following files: 

    install.sh          general install script to install the utility
    uninstall.sh        uninstall script to uninstall the utility
    README              This file, provides information 
    COPYRIGHT     
    /etc
        viaraid.conf        default configration file for the utility
    /bin
        viaraid-gtk         utility 
    /doc
        /*.htm              help files
    /lib 
        raid_lib.h          header of RAID library
        libVIAraid.a        static library file
        ProgGuide.pdf       programming guild for RAID library



 3)  Utility Installation
   *Unpack the utility package to a temperary directory 

   *Install Utility
    # change to the directory which you unpacked the package
    # chmod +x install.sh
    # ./install.sh
   
   *Run the Utility
    # viaraid-gtk 
    
   *Uninstall Utility
    # change to the directory which you unpacked the package
    # chmod +x uninstall.sh
    # ./uninstall.sh


 4) What's New
    In Release 2.00, the following feature are added:
        1). The Raidtool's GUI part was rewritten using gtk-2.4, which will
            be more stable than gtk-1.2.

    In Release 1.00, the following feature are added:
        1). The Raidtool was rewritten using RAID library by VIA.
        2). RAID5 features were added.

    In Release 0.80, the following bugs are fixed:
        1). When repairing broken Raid, some information strings in dialogs 
            were wrong. Now they were fixed.

 5) Notes (TroubleShootings)
        1). I click the HELP button, but nothing happens?
            Just wait a few seconds, for opening the browser of HTML takes 
            some time.
        2). The utility show warning message like "reinstall driver failed", is
         that a bug?
            It's NOT a bug. This message occurs because your driver 
            module's usage count is not zero(for example,you have 
            "mount" one partition into the OS) when do the "reinstall" action.
            Just quit the utility,and check to re-install driver manually, or
            reboot the system.
