[nflug] Making Red Hat driver disks.

[Dennis Ruzeski]

SAS/SATA HBA's.


On Feb 13, 2008 1:13 PM, Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
> That's going to be a bit more challenging. What kind of hardware are we
> talking about?
>
>
> Dennis Ruzeski wrote:
> > In a perfect world, it would be to complete the installation and then
> > to use devices attached to boot from.
> >
> > I'll check those links.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --Dennis
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 13, 2008 12:36 PM, Darin Perusich
> > <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
> >> Does the system need this controller to complete the installation or is
> >> it a nice to have? Normally you'll just create an RPM of the driver and
> >> add it to your installation sources and it can be included during the
> >> install. This would be the case if it wasn't required for the
> >> installation. If it's required for the installation then things start
> >> getting a little more custom, i.e. custom installation cd's and initrd
> >> images.
> >>
> >> I wasn't able to find anything RH specific but these references may be
> >> helpful.
> >>
> >> http://www.suse.de/~ug/
> >> http://wiki.openssi.org/go/Third_party_drivers
> >> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2004-June/042716.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Dennis Ruzeski wrote:
> >>> Greetings, group-
> >>>
> >>> I'm in a position where I need to be able to create a driver disk for
> >>> RHEL 4 and 5 so that a controller without a driver in the kernel can
> >>> get installed and boot. I'm having a hell of a hard time finding
> >>> anything about creation of these disks. Does anyone have any insight
> >>> or a link to a website that outlines this process?
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Darin Perusich
> >> Unix Systems Administrator
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> >> Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com
> >>
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> Darin Perusich
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Cognigen Corporation
> 395 Youngs Rd.
> Williamsville, NY 14221
> Phone: 716-633-3463
> Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com
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