Owner's manual

30 Driver Installation

Creating a Driver Update Diskette Using DKMS

Perform the following steps to create the DUD using the DKMS tool:

NOTE: To work, the driver needs to be installed on the system where this procedure

is carried out.

Install the DKMS-enabled megaraid_sas driver rpm package.

Type the following command in any directory:

dkms mkdriverdisk –m megaraid_sas –v <driver

version> -k <kernel version> -d <distro>

NOTE: The values for the –d option are suse for SLES diskettes and

redhat for RHEL diskettes.

NOTE: For further information on usage of DKMS, refer to the dkms main page.

This starts the process to create the megaraid_sas DUD image. After the

DUD image has been built, you can find it in the DKMS tree for the

megaraid_sas driver. See the output of the

dkms mkdriverdisk

command for the exact path.

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems using the Driver

Update Diskette

Perform the following steps to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 4

and 5) and the appropriate driver.

Boot normally from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation media.

At the command prompt, type:

linux expert dd

When the install prompts for a driver diskette, insert the diskette and press

<Enter>.

Refer to "Creating a Driver Diskette" on page 29 for information about

creating a driver diskette.

Complete the installation as directed by the installation program.

The driver will be installed.

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