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Chapter 3—Driver Installation - Linux
3. List the files on the CD-ROM and locate the directory for the kernel
in use (2.0 or 2.2/2.4), using this command
ls
4. Untar the appropriate Linux driver using this command:
>tar vxf {filename}/tmp
At this writing, the filename will be either L300_20X.TAR or
L305_22X_24X.TAR.
LINUX: Copying and untarring the driver from a floppy
The ISI driver .tar file can be copied from a DOS formatted floppy
using the 'mcopy' command if the 'mtools' have been installed. Issue
'mcopy a:isilinux.tar <destination folder>' to copy the isilinux.tar ( 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
> cp /mnt/floppy/kernel_2.2.x/* /isi
After you have copied the installation tar file to a folder, use the
command 'tar xvf isilinux.tar' to untar (unzip or de-
compress) the installation files in that folder.