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9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating
System)
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loading the new driver automatically ( see sections 9.4.2.1 and 9.4.2.2 ) or manually
(see section 9.4.2) . To load the qla2300 (v5.x) driver, see sections sections 9.4.2.2
and 9.4.2.3 .
NOTE: You must have created driver floppy disk 2 (from section 9.2.2 ) and a source
code driver floppy disk (from section 9.2.3 ) before installing or updating the
driver.
9.4.1
Installing the Driver on the Boot Drive
NOTE: To install or update the qla2x00 driver, the following requirements must be
met:
■ For Red Hat Linux 6.2, you must have created the qla2x00 driver floppy
disk 2
(see section 9.2.2) .
■ The QLA23xx HBA must be installed in the system before installing the
qla2x00 driver.
■ The QLA23xx HBA must be the only boot device in the system during
qla2x00 driver installation.
Perform the following steps to install the qla2x00 driver on the boot drive.
1. Create a directory for the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) files unless it
already exists. For example:
# mkdir /home/qla2x00
2. Change the current directory to the QLogic Linux driver directory. For
example:
cd /home/qla2x00
3. Insert the floppy disk that contains the qla2x00 driver.
4. Copy the driver files to the directory created in step 2 . For example:
mcopy a:qla2x00-x.xx-xx.i386.rpm .
The period (.) at the end is required.
5. Do one of the following:
❑ To invoke the RPM and install the qla2x00 drivers for the first time, type:
# rpm -iv qla2x00-x.xx-xx.i386.rpm
❑ To upgrade the existing qla2x00 drivers, type:
# rpm -iv --force qla2x00-x.xx-xx.i386.rpm
The qla2x00 driver is now installed on your boot drive. However, the driver must be
loaded before the system can access the devices attached to the QLA23xx HBA
(see section 9.4.2) .