Chapter 3
Software Installation and Configuration
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PCI-GPIB for Digital UNIX
2.
Rebuild a new kernel using the
doconfig
system utility. Enter the
following command:
/usr/sbin/doconfig
3.
Save the old kernel and move the new kernel to
/vmunix
, so it
becomes the system default boot kernel. Then reboot your computer.
Enter the following commands:
mv /vmunix /vmunix.save
mv /sys/
XXX/vmunix /vmunix
reboot
where
XXX
is the name of the configuration that you entered while
running
doconfig
. The default is the host name of the computer.
After you have installed your software, you might want to view or modify
the driver configuration. Refer to the next section for instructions on
running the configuration utility
ibconf
. If you do not need to run
ibconf
, refer to Chapter 4, Installation Verification and Troubleshooting,
for further instructions.
Configure the Software with ibconf (Optional)
The
ibconf
utility is the National Instruments GPIB driver configuration
utility. After installing the software, you can run
ibconf
to examine or
modify the software configuration. You also might want to run
ibconf
to
change configuration options such as device names or timeout values.
Follow these steps to run
ibconf
.
1.
Log on as super-user (
root
).
2.
Start
ibconf
by entering the following command:
/usr/bin/ibconf
filename
where
filename
is optional and refers to the UNIX kernel built with
the NI-488.2M driver. The default UNIX kernel file is
/vmunix
. To
run
ibconf
on the kernel
/vmunix
, enter the following command:
/usr/bin/ibconf
