Installing the linux redhat driver, Creating a driver diskette – Dell PERC 4/SI User Manual

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2.

 

Click on the Hardware tab.

3.

 

Click the Device Manager and the Device Manager screen displays.

4.

 

Click SCSI and RAID Controllers.

5.

 

Double-click the RAID controller for which you want to update the driver.

6.

 

Click the Driver tab and click on Update Driver.

 

The screen for the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays.

7.

 

Insert the appropriate driver diskette.

8.

 

Click Next.

9.

 

Follow the steps in the Wizard to search the diskette for the driver.

10.

 

Select the INF file from the diskette.

 

11.

 

Click Next and continue the installation steps in the Wizard.

12.

 

Click Finish to exit the wizard and reboot the system for the changes to take place.

 

Installing the Linux RedHat Driver

 

Use the procedures in this section to install the RedHat Linux driver for RedHat Linux 8.1, 9.0, AS 2.1, 3.0, and ES 2.1, 3.0. The driver is updated frequently. To
make sure you have the current version of the driver, you can download the updated RedHat Linux driver from Dell Support at

support.dell.com

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<Shift><1> for <F1>

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<Shift><2> for <F2>

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<Shift><3> for <F3>

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<Shift><4> for <F4>

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<Shift><5> for <F5>

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<Shift><6> for <F6>

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<Shift><0> for <F10>

 

To install a RedHat Linux driver more recent than the one on the RedHat CD, you must use a driver diskette when you are installing the operating system. See

Installing the Driver

for information on this procedure. You must download the files before you begin the operating system installation.

 

For more detailed installation instructions for RedHat Linux 9.0 or later, see the operating system installation guide on the Dell Support site at:

support.dell.com

.

 

Creating a Driver Diskette

 

Before beginning the installation, download the driver appropriate for your version of RedHat Linux from

support.dell.com

to your temporary directory. This file

includes two RPMs and five driver disk files. From a RedHat Linux system, enter the following commands to separate the individual driver files from the tar
archive file:

 

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

 

tar xvzf -C /mnt/floppy /tmp/filename.tar.gz

 

NOTE:

In Windows 2003, select the name of the driver, not the INF file.

NOTE:

On a Linux 8.0 system, when you run Cerc Manager (v. 5.23) from a Gnome-terminal in XWindows, the <F10> key cannot be used to create a

logical drive. Instead, you can use the alternate keys <Shift><0>. (This is not an issue if Xterm is used to call cercmgr). The following is a list of alternate
keys you can use in case of problems with keys <F1> through <F6>, and <F10>:

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