Automatic installation, Automatic installation -12 – SMC Networks SMC EZ Card 1000 SMC9452TX User Manual

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BOOTPROTO=none

BROADCAST=207.200.5.255

NETWORK=207.200.5.0

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

IPADDR=207.200.5.2

Automatic Installation

This section describes how to install the Linux driver so that it is
automatically loaded and configured at boot time. The following
description is based on the Red Hat 7.0 distribution, but it can easily
be ported to other distributions as well.

Note: Before automatically loading the driver at boot time, ensure

that the system will function correctly after the driver has
been loaded manually.

1. Log into the Unix system as supervisor (root) and enter

Maintenance mode. Make sure that the current directory is “/”
using Unix command “pwd.”

2. Use the following steps to uncompress the package file:

#cd tmp and insert the floppy in drive a:

#mcopy a:/linux/2_2_X/nic/SMC9452t.o ./temp

#cd temp

Now the installation directory is ready for use.

3. Copy the lacp.o and the SMC9452t.o file to the network

modules directory, typically /lib/modules/2.4.X/kernel/drivers/
net

#cp ./lacp.o /lib/modules/2.2.X/kernel/drivers/net

#cp ./SMC9452t.o /lib/modules/2.2.X/kernel/drivers/

net

4. Locate the boot module configuration file, most commonly

“conf.modules” in the “/etc.” directory. Add the following line:

alias ethx SMC9452

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