Fusion MPT Package - Binary Images
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Binaries have been generated for use
with Red Hat Linux 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, ASE 2.1, 7.3.
These binaries may be used to upgrade a driver
without rebuilding the kernel or used to
upgrade the driver during install
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Upgrading the Driver During Installation
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Step 1: For the version of Red Hat of interest, uncompress
the tarball.
# tar xzvf redhat70-<driver version>.tar.gz
Step 2: Transfer the driver disk image of interest to a diskette
using dd or raw-write. For a 686-type of processor and
Red Hat 7.0 Linux,
# dd if=rh70i686.img of=/dev/fd0
Remark:
Red Hat installs binaries that are compatible
with your processor. Therefore, if you have a 686-type
processor but use the 386 install diskette,
installation will be successful but reboot will
fail. The failure will be due to the 386 driver
binaries from the diskette not being compatible
with the 686 binaries installed by Red Hat.
You must select the disk that matches your system
processor type.
Recovery:
Make a bootable driver disk when the installer
presents the option. If the normal boot fails,
reboot using the bootable diskette. Using the
appropriate driver disk, install the binaries
as in Step 5 below.
You must re-create your ramdisk images. First,
# ls /lib/modules
and write down the directory names. For example,
you might see
2.4.7-10 2.4.7-10smp
For each directory in /lib/modules. For the example,
# cd /boot
# /sbin/mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.7-10.img 2.4.7-10
# /sbin/mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.7-10smp.img 2.4.7-10smp
Finally, if you installed LILO, you must re-run
LILO,
# lilo -v
Reboot.
Step 3: Red Hat 7.0, 7.1, 7.1SBE, ASE 2.1, 7.3
Boot the installation material. At the first screen, enter
linux dd
when the boot: prompt appears (the installer will then
to prompt for the driver update diskette).
Option for Red Hat 7.1, ASE 2.1, 7.3:
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Boot the installation material. At the first screen, enter
linux dd updates
when the boot: prompt appears (the installer will then
to prompt for the driver update diskette and the updates disk).
Use the same diskette for both. If the update script is
successfully executed by the installer, Step 5 below is unnecessary.
To determine if execution was successful, on reboot,
log in a root.
# cd /lib/modules
# find -name mptbase.o
If the script was executed successfully, mptbase.o will show once
for each kernel directory. That is, find will return:
2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.o
2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.o
Step 3: Red Hat 7.2
When driver update disks are used, incorrect boot
images are created by the Red Hat 7.2 installer.
To use driver update disks, the user requires three (3) floppy
diskettes. One disk is the diskette written in Step 2 and
contains the driver. The second disk contains a new boot image
and the third contains patches to the Red Hat installer program.
Step 3a: Create diskette 2. The new boot image
(boot.img) is available in the
redhat72-<driver version>.tar.gz tarball
# dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
Step 3b: Create diskette 3. The installer update image
(update_disk-20020117.img) is available in the
redhat72-<driver version>.tar.gz tarball
# dd if=update-disk-20020117.img of=/dev/fd0
The boot and update disk images may be obtained from:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/images/i386
Step 3c: Boot the installation material. At the first screen, enter
linux dd updates
when the boot: prompt appears (the installer will then
to prompt for the driver update diskette and the installer
update disk).
Step 4: Continue with normal installation.
Step 5: Once installation is complete and reboot is successful,
execute the post-installation script. Insert the
driver update disk into the floppy disk drive then
# mount /dev/fd0
# cd /mnt/floppy
# ./post_install.scr
# cd
# umount /dev/fd0
Proceed with normal usage.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.