SOFTPAQ NUMBER: N/A

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FILE NAME: aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd.gz

TITLE: Driver diskette for 64-Bit/66-Mhz Dual Channel Wide Ultra3 SCSI Controller (AMD64) for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 (AMD64)

VERSION: 6.3.11-5

LANGUAGE: English

CATEGORY: Driver Diskettes

DIVISION: N/A

OPERATING SYSTEM: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8

EFFECTIVE DATE: May  5,2006

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: N/A

SUPERSEDES: N/A

DESCRIPTION:
                                                                                
This driver diskette image provides the binary driver module pre-built
for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 to enable the 
HP Prolaint 64-Bit/66-Mhz Dual Channel Wide Ultra3 SCSI Controller.
 
Using this driver diskette at SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 installation time allows
the most up-to-date driver version included in the diskette to be used,
rather than the default driver version contained in the
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 installation CD.

FIXES

ENHANCEMENTS

The kernels of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 supported by this driver diskette are:
2.4.21-278 - SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 SP 4 (AMD64)

INSTALLATION
 
To install Linux using this "ProLiant SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8" Driver Diskette,
boot your Linux machine with your SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 CD1 in
your CD-ROM Drive.
 
A menu will be displayed, prompting for your input. Type the following
line of code to inform the operating system of the diskette:
 
# linux dd
 
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 will prompt for the Updates Diskette and the ProLiant
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 Driver Diskette during the installation procedure.

NOTES
                                                                                
CREATING A DRIVER DISKETTE
                                                                                
There are two methods to create the Installation Diskette:
                                                                                
MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER MS-DOS:
                                                                                
1) Save the "aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory.
Use WINZIP to extract "aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd"
from this file into the same directory.
Please ensure that "aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd" is a DOS 8.3 name.
                                                                                
2) Use the "rawrite" utility which is included on the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 CD in the "dosutil" directory.
                                                                                
3) Label a blank, formatted 3.5-inch diskette as "ProLiant SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 Driver Diskette".
Next, insert the diskette in the diskette drive. Then, use the following commands
(assuming your ProLiant Disk Image is at the location c: and your CD-ROM is drive d:)
                                                                                
        C:\> d:\dosutils\rawrite
                                                                                
Enter disk image source file name: aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd
Enter target diskette drive: a:
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press --ENTER-- : Enter
                                                                                
                                                                                
MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER A LINUX-LIKE OS:
                                                                                
1)  Save the "aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. Use GUNZIP to extract
"aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd" from this file into the same directory
                                                                                
2)  To make a diskette under Linux (or any other Linux-like operating system), you must have permission to write
to the device representing a 3.5-inch diskette drive (known as /dev/fd0 under Linux)
                                                                                
3)  First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (ProLiant SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 Driver Diskette). Insert the diskette
into the floppy drive, but DO NOT issue the mount command:
                                                                                
        # dd if=aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd  of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
                                                                                
4)  This command creates a diskette containing the image of the input file (if=aic7xxx-6.3.11-5.sles8.amd64.dd) to an
output file (of=/dev/fd0) using the diskette size of 1440k (1.44MB).  To make another diskette label that diskette,
and run "dd" again, specifying the correct input file.


                                                                                
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