Special Instructions for Installing Red Hat Linux 6.2 on HP NetServers

1. Background information
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To guarantee a successful installation of Red Hat Linux 6.2 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 1.2r) contains:

- a driver disk image (version 7.1r62)
- 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-pack12r.gz	(uncompress the driver pack)

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

dd  if=nud-71r6   of=/dev/fd0	(copies the script and driver image to the floppy)

Once the operation completes, carefully label the driver update disk as "Red Hat
Linux 6.2 NOS Update Disk 7.1 (NUD)".


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

From the DOS prompt, run the following command:
(Change the directory to the temporary folder before running the command)

rawrite -f nud-71r6	(copies the image for the script to floppy)

Once the operation completes, carefully label the driver update disk as "Red Hat
Linux 6.2 NOS Update Disk 7.1 (NUD)".


3. Deviating from the standard install process
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Start the installation as indicated in the Redhat installation guide. You will soon
be prompted to pick device drivers for your system. Do not load any SCSI adapter driver
at this time. You may load your NIC drivers however. After all the device drivers have
been loaded, you will see a window saying: "Welcome to Redhat Linux!"
Do not press ok!

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