SOFTPAQ NUMBER: N/A PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: megaide-2.26j-11.rhel21.i386.dd.gz TITLE: Driver diskette image for RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 VERSION: megaide-2.26j-11 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 megaide 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 FIXES -None CREATING A DRIVER DISKETTE There are two methods to create the Installation Diskette: MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER MS-DOS: 1) Save the "megaide-2.26j-11.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. Use WINZIP to extract "megaide-2.26j-11.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" from this file into the same directory. Please ensure that "megaide-2.26j-11.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: megaide-2.26j-11.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 "megaide-2.26j-11.rhel21.i386.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. Use GUNZIP to extract "megaide-2.26j-11.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=megaide-2.26j-11.rhel21.i386.dd of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k 4) This command creates a diskette containing the image of the input file (if=megaide-2.26j-11.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 G2 ML310 DL320 G2