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********* STEPS DONE TO INSTALL ROCKET RAID 2310 DRIVERS FOR LINUX KERNEL *************
*Note I both either compiled my rocket raid driver rr2310_00.ko or downloaded it from

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_rr2310.htm

Step 1.
cd to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extras/ OR /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/ depending on where your module .ko file is located. In my case the raid module rr2310_00.ko was located in the updates dir

Step 2.
run this command (actually a bunch of commands) from the bash shell

cd /tmp; mkdir x; cd x; cat /boot/initrd-.img | gunzip | cpio -idv

In my case "initrd-" was
"initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img", the newly compiled kernel version so I ran the command:

cd /tmp; mkdir x; cd x; cat /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img | gunzip | cpio -idv

Step 3.
From the last command your pwd or "present working directory" should be "x"
go to the lib dir and see if you find the .ko driver/module in there. If you see it then something else is preventing you from booting into the new kernel. If not then continue reading

Step 4.
Copy the .ko file to the /lib/modules//extras in my case I copied the rr2310_00.ko to /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen/extras

Step 5.
Run command depmod -a 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen; mkinitrd .img 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen

In my case I ran the command

depmod -a 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen; mkinitrd initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen

**Note
after running this command make sure to COPY THE NEWLY CREATED .img file to your /boot dir, if you already ran the command in the /boot dir then you can ignore this and proceed.

***Please Note
In my case was initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img, Where I got this name was from the /boot dir containing a boot image (.img) file with EXACTLY the same name. Do a sanity check and make sure YOUR SPECIFIC is EXACTLY the same name as the image (.img) file in your /boot dir.

Step 6.
Remove the temporary x dir
rm -rf /tmp/x/

Step 7.
Rerun the command

cd /tmp; mkdir x; cd x; cat /boot/initrd-.img | gunzip | cpio -idv

In my case "initrd-.img" was
"initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img" (check your /boot dir), the newly compiled kernel version so I ran the command:

cd /tmp; mkdir x; cd x; cat /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen.img | gunzip | cpio -idv

Step 8.
Check the lib directory and confirm that the .ko file is now present in the initrd. It should be. If it is not then you missed a step, wash and repeat (repeat the steps again).

Step 9.
Once confirming that the .ko file is present in the initrd you can rm -Rf /tmp/x and you can now reboot into your latest kernel build using the raid module from your previous bootable kernel. Congratulations.

*****These instructions no longer work with kernel versions > 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 on Centos 5
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