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Section 12
Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
12.1
Introduction
This section provides instructions for installing the Red Hat Linux driver on an
already installed Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 (kernel 2.4.x) operating system. Earlier
or later versions of Red Hat Linux are not currently supported.
The latest version of the software drivers and documentation for Red Hat Linux are
available on the QLogic Web site, www.qlogic.com
. Be sure to review the
README.qla2xxx and release.txt files for both new and changed information.
There are two ways to install the Red Hat Linux driver:
n Build a custom kernel that loads the driver automatically.
n Build the driver from the source code. Then load the driver either manually or
through a RAMDISK image, which you must build.
Before installing the driver (either by a custom kernel or by the source code), you
must create a driver disk (see section 12.2).
12.2
Creating the Driver Floppy Disk
Perform the following steps to create a driver disk from the QLogic web site:
1. Download the qla2xxxsrc-vx.yy.tgz file from the QLogic Web site.
2. If What would you like to do with this file? displays, select Save this file to
disk.
3. Insert a blank disk.
4. Download the file to the disk.
12.3
Installing the Driver
There are two ways to install the Red Hat Linux driver:
n Build a custom kernel that loads the driver automatically (see section 12.3.1).
n Build the driver from the source code (see section 12.3.2). The driver must then
be loaded by one of the following methods:
q Manually (see section 12.3.2.3)
q Through a RAMDISK image, which you must build (see section 12.3.2.4).