SOFTPAQ NUMBER: N/A

PART NUMBER: N/A

FILE NAME: lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd.gz

TITLE: Driver diskette image for Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1

VERSION: 2.50d-13

LANGUAGE: English

CATEGORY: Driver Diskettes

DIVISION: N/A


OPERATING SYSTEM: Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: All shipping configurations

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21,2004

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: N/A

SUPERSEDES: N/A

DESCRIPTION:

This driver diskette image provides the binary driver module pre-built for Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1
to enable LSI lsicsb6 controllers.

Using this driver diskette at Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 installation time allows the most 
up-to-date driver version included in the diskette to be used, rather 
than the default driver version contained in the Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 installation CD.

Supported Kernels:
2.4.9-e.3
2.4.9-e.40
2.4.9-e.49
2.4.9-e.57

FIXES

  -None

CREATING A DRIVER DISKETTE

There are two methods to create the Installation Diskette:

MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER MS-DOS:

1) Save the "lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. 
Use WINZIP to extract "lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" 
from this file into the same directory.
Please ensure that "lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" is a DOS 8.3 name. 

2) Use the "rawrite" utility which is included on the Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 CD in the "dosutil" directory.

3) Label a blank, formatted 3.5-inch diskette as "Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Diskette". 
Next, insert the diskette in the diskette drive. Then, use the following commands 
(assuming your ProLiant Disk Image is at the location c: and your CD-ROM is drive d:)

	C:\> d:\dosutils\rawrite 

Enter disk image source file name: lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd
Enter target diskette drive: a: 
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press --ENTER-- : Enter



MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER A LINUX-LIKE OS:

1)  Save the "lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. Use GUNZIP to extract
"lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" from this file into the same directory

2)  To make a diskette under Linux (or any other Linux-like operating system), you must have permission to write
to the device representing a 3.5-inch diskette drive (known as /dev/fd0 under Linux)

3)  First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Driver Diskette). 
Insert the diskette into the floppy drive, but DO NOT issue the mount command:

	# dd if=lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd  of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k

4)  This command creates a diskette containing the image of the input file (if=lsicsb6-2.50d-13.rhel21.i386.dd) 
to an output file (of=/dev/fd0) using the diskette size of 1440k (1.44MB).  To make another diskette label 
that diskette, and run "dd" again, specifying the correct input file.


NOTES

  -None

INSTALLATION

To install Linux using this "Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1" Driver Diskette, boot your Linux
machine with your Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 CD1 in your CD-ROM Drive.

A menu will be displayed, prompting for your input. Type the following 
line of code to inform the operating system of the diskette:

# linux dd

Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 will prompt for the Updates Diskette and the Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 
Driver Diskette during the installation procedure. 

SYSTEMS SUPPORTED 

ML330 G3