Special Instructions for Installing SuSE 7.0 Professional on HP NetServers

1. Background information
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To guarantee a successful installation of SuSE 7.0 Professional on an HP NetServer, HP recommends updating a few 
critical drivers. This update will allow, among other things, the OS to recognize the ultra 3 SCSI controller present in 
some NetServers. HP has therefore implemented a special process to update the necessary drivers during the 
installation process. A script named launch is used to update all the necessary drivers as well as the source code for the 
mentioned drivers.

2. Using the disk image
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The driver-pack (version 1.1s) contains:

- a module disk (version 1.0)
- a driver disk image (version 7.0s)
- the rawrite utility 
- this readme


2.1 Instructions for Linux users
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Download the driver-pack to the /tmp directory.
Run the command:

unzip  driver-pack11s.gz	(uncompress the driver pack)

Insert a new blank formatted floppy disk and run the command:

dd  if=nud-70s   of=/dev/fd0	(copies the script and driver image to the floppy)

Insert a new blank formatted floppy disk and run the command:

dd  if=mduls10   of=/dev/fd0	(copies the module disk image to the floppy)

Once the operation completes, carefully label the driver update disk as
SuSE 7.0 Professional NOS Update Disk 6.2 (NUD). Carefully label the module disk as SuSE 7.0 Professional module 
disk 1.0.

2.2 Instructions for Windows users
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Download the driver-pack from the World Wide Web to a temporary folder. You may 
use Winzip to extract the content of the compressed file.

run the following commands:

rawrite -f nud-70s	(copies the image for the script to floppy)

Insert a new blank floppy disk and run the command:

rawrite -f mduls10	(copies the image for the module disk image to the floppy)

Once the operation completes, carefully label the driver update disk as
SuSE 7.0 Professional NOS Update Disk 6.2 (NUD). Carefully label the module disk as SuSE 7.0 Professional module 
disk 1.0.

3. Deviating from the standard install process
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Start the installation as indicated in the SuSE install guide. You will soon be prompted to pick device drivers for your 
system. Use the module diskette to load the driver(s). Before you start installing the packages, run the update script.


4. Running the script
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- Insert the NOS Update Disk in the system.
- Press CTRL+ALT+F2 to get a shell prompt.
- To create a mount point for the floppy, enter the command:
  mkdir /floppy
- To mount the floppy drive, enter the command:
  mount /dev/fd0  /floppy
- Run the script from the root directory. Enter the command:
  /floppy/launch
  (use /floppy/launch v for verbose mode)

The script will start and will copy the necessary files to the appropriate 
locations. A menu allows the user to pick which driver to load. Follow the 
instructions on the screen. When prompted, return to Normal setup by pressing 
Ctrl-Alt-F1.