Q-Logic 2300 manual # cd arch/i386/boot # cp bzImage /boot/newsmp

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9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation

 

Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating

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System)

8.Copy the new kernel image to the boot directory. In the following example, newsmp is the label for the kernel image.

#cd arch/i386/boot

#cp bzImage /boot/newsmp

9.Modify the /etc/lilo.conf file to make the boot loader load a new image. For example:

image=/boot/newsmp

label=newsmp

root=/dev/hda5 (This is the location of the boot partition on your system.)

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In the above example, the lines tell the Linux boot loader to load the new kernel image called newsmp in /boot and mount the root partition using device /dev/hda5.

10.Change default=linux or default=linux-up to default=newsmp.

11.Load the new boot configuration by typing the following:

#lilo

The lilo program echoes the names of loadable kernels to the screen. For example:

newsmp *

12.Restart the system.

13.The new kernel image containing the qla2x00 driver is now the default boot image.

14.Type the following command to determine whether your custom kernel is loaded:

#cat /proc/version

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FC2354601-00 A

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