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Creating diskettes on Windows
Complete the following steps to create a diskette:
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Insert a blank diskette into the diskette drive.
3. At the DOS or command prompt, type the following and press Enter:
e :\diskette\tools\dsk4w32 e :\diskette\ disketteimage a :
where
v
e is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
v disketteimage is the name of the diskette image.
v a is the drive letter for the diskette drive.
4. Remove the IBM ServeRAID Support CD from the CD-ROM drive.
5. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and label the diskette appropriately.
Creating diskettes on IBM OS/2
Complete the following steps to create a diskette:
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Insert a blank diskette into the diskette drive.
3. At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following and Press Enter:
e :\diskette\tools\dsk4wrp e :\diskette\ disketteimage a :
where
v e is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
v
disketteimage is the name of the diskette image.
v a is the drive letter for the diskette drive.
4. Remove the IBM ServeRAID Support CD from the CD-ROM drive.
5. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and label the diskette appropriately.
Creating diskettes on Linux or UNIX
Complete the following steps to create a diskette:
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Insert a blank diskette into the diskette drive.
3. At a command prompt, mount the CD-ROM drive by typing one of the following:
For Linux
mount -t iso9660 /dev/ cdromdevicefile / mountpoint
For OpenServer
mount -r -f ISO9660 /dev/ cdromdevicefile / mountpoint
For UnixWare and Open
UNIX
mount -f cdfs /dev/ cdromdevicefile / mountpoint
where cdromdevicefile is the specific device file for the CD-ROM block device,
and mountpoint is the mountpoint of the CD-ROM drive.
4. Press Enter.
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