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04-08-2005 09:13 AM
04-08-2005 09:13 AM
Creating linux driver diskette
Thanks in advance.
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04-08-2005 02:47 PM
04-08-2005 02:47 PM
Re: Creating linux driver diskette
What kind of driver files? Is it *.o? There are 3 images in the redhat cd1. RHEL3(I have not RH9) as following:
drvblock.img - Supplemental Block Device Drivers
drvnet.img - Supplemental Network Drivers
pcmciadd.img - PCMCIA Driver Diskette
You can write one of image to 3.5' disk. Then , you can add your drivers to it. refer to attachment.
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04-11-2005 01:57 PM
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Re: Creating linux driver diskette
HP does provide source for their drivers (.src.rpm packages), and you'll need to do multiple-compiles yourself in order to create drivers for RH9 installation.
In reality, it'd be easier to stick an IDE disk in the machine, and install to that, do all of your patches (kernel updates etc.), then try to compile the RAID drivers.
If you really want to create install-media-drivers, then...
Install RH9 on any machine there. Make sure to install all kernel srouce, and compiling options. See if you can also find the kernel-BOOT rpm's (I think they exist for RH9, but not 100% sure).
If you do get the -BOOT kernel images, boot on that (lots of things won't work), and rebuild the 'cciss.src.rpm' (rpmbuild --rebuild ...).
This will build you an RPM with install-media drivers.
Reboot on the normal kernel, making sure you keep a copy of your nice RPM's, and do this again. This will give you dist-media drivers.
You now need to figure out how to put them onto a separate floppy in the correct structure.
Once all of this is done, update to the latest kernel, and do it again.
You should have 3 sets of RPM's, for different stages of the machine building process.
NOTE: These are the *EASY* instructions. It only gets more difficult!
You'd have more luck getting your product to work on a supported platform in my opinion (RHES3 or RHES4).