RH-AS-4 U-3:: RAID Driver Disk for Adaptec

[Krishnaprasad]

hi vipin

          u can pass the img to floppy using dd command
      
       ie dd if=<imgfile> of=/dev/fd0
and boot the linux from CD using "linux dd" iption

this will work

Rgds
krishna

vipin sagar wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am using dual xeon machine loaded with RedHat-AS-4 (2.6.9-5) and
> maid RAID-0 with adaptech scci HDD and I am happY with that.
>
> Now I need to upgrade the OS to update 3 (2.6.9.34) and manually
> update the latest security patched kernel-2.6.9.34.0.1.
>
> Issue: 0
>
> The scci RAID driver disk for adaptec (A3200) which I used for 2.6.9-5
> is not supported for the Update-3. I could find the driver form the
> distro but its not doing the right thing.
>
> So I visited the adaptech site and found and download the driver the
> driver a320raid.rhel4qu3.i686.[RPM and img]
>
> Q0. How can I pass the .img file to FLOPPY from both linux and windows ?
>
> Q1. How can I pass the .img file to CD-ROM from both linux and windows?
>
> Q2. What would be the use of that RMP package which came along with
> that driver bundle ?
>
> In Advance Thanks for any input or suggessions.
>
> Thank you,
>
>


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Rgds

KRISHNAPRASAD.K
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HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
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