Multi-Tech Systems ISI5634PCI/4/8 manual LINUX-RPM Copying the driver from a floppy

ISI5634PCI/4/8 User Guide

3.List the RPM files on the CD-ROM using this command: ls

LINUX-RPM: Copying the driver from a floppy

The ISI driver .rpm file can be copied from a DOS formatted floppy using the 'mcopy' command if the 'mtools' have been installed.

For RPM version 6.2, issue the command

'mcopy a:isicom-1.1-3.src.rpm <destination folder>' to copy the isicom-1.1-3.src.rpm ( or current driver name) file to the destination folder.

For RPM version 7.0, issue the command

'mcopy a:isicom-1.2-3.src.rpm <destination folder>' to copy the isicom-1.2-3.src.rpm ( or current driver name) file to the destination folder.

As an alternative, the floppy can be manually mounted and the file copied to the required destination folder.

NOTE: To read from a DOS formatted floppy, a kernel with support for the FAT file system (either statically linked in the kernel or as modules) is required.

Steps for copying the driver from a floppy:

1.Linux floppy disks are in ext2 format.

2.Insert Linux driver in drive A: and mount floppy drive.

>mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

3.Copy files from floppy to a temporary directory on hard drive.

>mkdir /isi

>cd /isi

4.The current isicom.o file should be backed up before installing the RPM. The easiest way is simply to rename it or copy it into another file. For example, “cp (or mv) isicom.o isicom.original”. It is usually located in the /usr/local/ISICOM directory. For the version 7

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