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Equinox ESP 10/100 Serial Hub Product Installation Guide
2.7 AIX
The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on
an AIX release 4.3 or 5.1 system.
2.7.1 Installing Directly from CD-ROM (AIX 5.1 only)
This procedure is valid only on an AIX release 5.1 system.
1. Mount the CD-ROM volume using the following command:
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0/mnt
2. Change to the RPMS directory using the following command:
cd /mnt/RPMS/AIX51
3. Install the RPM using the following command:
rpm -ivh ./espx-3.06.aix.5.1.ppc.rpm
4. Discover and initialize the ESP units using the following command:
/etc/eqnx/espcfg
2.7.2 Creating and Using AIX ESP Installation Diskettes on
AIX
1. Mount the CD-ROM volume using the following command:
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0/mnt
2. Run the following commands:
cd /mnt
./makeunix.sh
3. Once the AIX installation diskette is created, refer to the
following les for detailed installation instructions:
/drivers/esp/aix43/readme.txt
/drivers/esp/aix51/readme.txt
2.7.3 Creating and Using AIX ESP Installation Diskettes on
DOS
1. Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your DOS CD-ROM
drive.
2. Set your default drive to the DOS CD-ROM drive letter.
3. Run the command
MAKEUNIX
and select the appropriate Equinox
product and operating system for which diskettes are needed.
4. Once the AIX installation diskette is created, refer to the
following les for detailed installation instructions:
/drivers/esp/aix43/readme.txt
/drivers/esp/aix51/readme.txt
