How to install SCSI driver from floppy disc

Fister

Hi

I want to install a SCSI driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. I've followed
the manual and used a program that came with the card to create a floppy
disc with the driver. I then inserted Red Hat Installation CD 1, rebooted
the machine and typed linux dd at the prompt. I then got a menu where I could
load the driver without problems. My problem is that afterwards I'm presented
with the Red Hat installation menu. I quit this as I don't want to re-install
Red Hat (I wanted me to partition drives and I didn't want that). Isn't it
possible to install the driver without "re-installing" Red Hat?

The contents of the floppy disc is:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7168 Dec 31 1969 .

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 29 13:40 ..

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1486 Feb 14 2007 fixup.sh

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53 Feb 14 2007 modinfo

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 161396 Feb 14 2007 modules.cgz

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 14 2007 modules.dep

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1062 Feb 14 2007 pcitable

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27 Feb 14 2007 rhdd

Phil Sherman

Fister wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want to install a SCSI driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. I've
> followed the manual and used a program that came with the card to create
> a floppy disc with the driver. I then inserted Red Hat Installation CD
> 1, rebooted the machine and typed linux dd at the prompt. I then got a
> menu where I could load the driver without problems. My problem is that
> afterwards I'm presented with the Red Hat installation menu. I quit this
> as I don't want to re-install Red Hat (I wanted me to partition drives
> and I didn't want that). Isn't it possible to install the driver without
> "re-installing" Red Hat?
>
> The contents of the floppy disc is:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7168 Dec 31 1969 .
>
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 29 13:40 ..
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1486 Feb 14 2007 fixup.sh
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53 Feb 14 2007 modinfo
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 161396 Feb 14 2007 modules.cgz
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 14 2007 modules.dep
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1062 Feb 14 2007 pcitable
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27 Feb 14 2007 rhdd
>
>

You shouldn't need to boot using the RHEL4 cds at all. The disk you
created should have the executables in the modules.cgz file.

I'd try the following:
1. Open a command window and su to root
2. Mount the diskette somewhere. If you don't have a place to do this;
from your root prompt do a mkdir /mnt/tmp then mount the diskette at
/mnt/tmp
3. cd to the directory where you mounted the diskette
4.run the fixup.sh script with the command: ./fixup.sh

If the diskette is automounted when you insert it, you should go to the
directory where it is mounted and execute the installation script.

If I were installing this, I'd examine the script before executing it.

Phil Sherman

Phil Sherman

Fister wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want to install a SCSI driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. I've
> followed the manual and used a program that came with the card to create
> a floppy disc with the driver. I then inserted Red Hat Installation CD
> 1, rebooted the machine and typed linux dd at the prompt. I then got a
> menu where I could load the driver without problems. My problem is that
> afterwards I'm presented with the Red Hat installation menu. I quit this
> as I don't want to re-install Red Hat (I wanted me to partition drives
> and I didn't want that). Isn't it possible to install the driver without
> "re-installing" Red Hat?
>
> The contents of the floppy disc is:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7168 Dec 31 1969 .
>
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 29 13:40 ..
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1486 Feb 14 2007 fixup.sh
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53 Feb 14 2007 modinfo
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 161396 Feb 14 2007 modules.cgz
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 14 2007 modules.dep
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1062 Feb 14 2007 pcitable
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27 Feb 14 2007 rhdd
>
>

You shouldn't need to boot using the RHEL4 cds at all. The disk you
created should have the executables in the modules.cgz file.

I'd try the following:
1. Open a command window and su to root
2. Mount the diskette somewhere. If you don't have a place to do this;
from your root prompt do a mkdir /mnt/tmp then mount the diskette at
/mnt/tmp
3. cd to the directory where you mounted the diskette
4.run the fixup.sh script with the command: ./fixup.sh

If the diskette is automounted when you insert it, you should go to the
directory where it is mounted and execute the installation script.

If I were installing this, I'd examine the script before executing it.

Phil Sherman

Phil Sherman

Fister wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want to install a SCSI driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. I've
> followed the manual and used a program that came with the card to create
> a floppy disc with the driver. I then inserted Red Hat Installation CD
> 1, rebooted the machine and typed linux dd at the prompt. I then got a
> menu where I could load the driver without problems. My problem is that
> afterwards I'm presented with the Red Hat installation menu. I quit this
> as I don't want to re-install Red Hat (I wanted me to partition drives
> and I didn't want that). Isn't it possible to install the driver without
> "re-installing" Red Hat?
>
> The contents of the floppy disc is:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7168 Dec 31 1969 .
>
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 29 13:40 ..
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1486 Feb 14 2007 fixup.sh
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53 Feb 14 2007 modinfo
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 161396 Feb 14 2007 modules.cgz
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 14 2007 modules.dep
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1062 Feb 14 2007 pcitable
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27 Feb 14 2007 rhdd
>
>

You shouldn't need to boot using the RHEL4 cds at all. The disk you
created should have the executables in the modules.cgz file.

I'd try the following:
1. Open a command window and su to root
2. Mount the diskette somewhere. If you don't have a place to do this;
from your root prompt do a mkdir /mnt/tmp then mount the diskette at
/mnt/tmp
3. cd to the directory where you mounted the diskette
4.run the fixup.sh script with the command: ./fixup.sh

If the diskette is automounted when you insert it, you should go to the
directory where it is mounted and execute the installation script.

If I were installing this, I'd examine the script before executing it.

Phil Sherman