RedHat 5.2 Installation with Initio Controllers
While these procedures are easy, you should thoroughly read and understand
all the steps before you begin. You will also need to know what packages you
wish to install in RedHat and of course what devices you have in your system.
For this installation we are assuming you have the mount point for the system
set to drive sda1. If you are going to use a different partition you will
have to adjust the commands and pointers accordingly.
The RedHat installation will require you to write 3 disk images to floppy disks.
Two of these images are supplied by Initio (install.img and boot.img) in this
package. The third image is the Root image on the RedHat CD in the /dosutils/autoboot
directory called initrd.img. You may also want to copy the boot.img to a dos
formatted floppy for use later. You can use rawrite, found on the RedHat CD
in the /dosutils directory to write these images to floppy.
The process of writing the disk images to disk is very straight forward.
Copy all three images to a temp directory. Copy the rawrite.exe file to the
same directory. Have three blank floppy disks on hand. Put one floppy in
drive A: and execute the rawrite utility with the following command:
rawrite -f install.img -d A: <----- This will write the Install disk (label it Install)
rawrite -f boot.img -d A: <----- This will write the Boot disk
(label it Boot)
rawrite -f initrd.img -d A: <----- This will write the Root disk
(label it Root)
You will now have 3 disks, Install, Boot and Root.
Insert the Install disk in the floppy disk and reboot the machine. (Watch
the boot screens to make sure all your devices are listed correctly, if they
are not listed you will not be able to access them). This will start the
RedHat installation, you will be prompted to insert the Root disk and then
after that you will be prompted to insert the RedHat CD. Follow the system
prompts to complete the RedHat installation with whatever packages you wish
to install.
At the completion of installation you will be prompted to remove the disks
and reboot the machine, instead insert the Boot floppy in drive A: and reboot.
Your options here are: 1) Boot RedHat from the floppy disk, in which case you
are done. 2) copy the kernel image to the hard drive so no boot disk will be
necessary. If you wish to have the system boot from the hard drive the following
steps will need to be done.
Locate the boot.img file from this package, copy the image to a floppy disk.
Boot the system into RedHat using the Boot disk, login as Root. Change
directory to the /boot directory on the hard drive.
Mount the floppy drive with the following command: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
View the directory of the floppy with the following command: ls /mnt
Copy the kernel image with the command: cp /mnt/boot.img /boot
Verify that the boot.img file is in the /boot directory. If all is okay all
you have to do is edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and your setup will be finished.
In editing the /etc/lilo.conf file you will need to add the Initio kernel you
copied to the hard drive. To do this with pico (you may use any editor) you
would be in the /boot directory of the hard drive (you just copied the boot.img
file here right?).
Enter the command: pico /etc/lilo.conf (you can use vi if you want)
You will see the following:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
label=linux
root=/dev/sda1
read-only
You will need to add the following lines:
image=/boot/boot.img
label=initio
root=/dev/sda1
read-only
When you are done the lilo.conf file should look like this:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
label=linux
root=/dev/sda1
read-only
image=/boot/boot.img
label=initio
root=/dev/sda1
read-only
Okay, so now you want to writeout the file, press Ctrl-O then exit pico with
Ctrl-X. The last item now is to update the lilo.conf in the system with the command:
lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf
Congratulations, you have completed the RedHat v5.1 installation with the
Initio drivers. Now when you reboot, you will be presented with the prompt
lilo: All you have to do is type initio and hit enter.
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.