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Appendix F. Driver Disks

F.1.2.1. Creating a Driver Disk from an Image File

If you have a driver disk image that you need to write to a floppy disk, this can be done from within

DOS or Red Hat Linux.

To create a driver disk from a driver disk image using Red Hat Linux:

1. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into the first floppy drive.

2. From the same directory containing the driver disk image, such as

drvnet.img

, type

dd

if=drvnet.img of=/dev/fd0

as root.

To create a driver disk from a driver disk image using DOS:

1. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into the a: drive.

2. From the same directory containing the driver disk image, such as

drvnet.img

, type

d:\dosutils\rawrite drvnet.img a:

at the command line, where d: is the drive letter

for the CD ROM device.

F.1.3. Using a Driver Disk During Installation

Having a driver disk is not enough; you must specifically tell the Red Hat Linux installation program

to load that driver disk and use it during the installation process.

Note

A driver disk is different than a boot disk. If you require a boot disk to begin the Red Hat Linux

installation, you will still need to create that floppy and boot from it before using the driver disk.

If you do not already have an installation boot disk and your system does not support booting from

the CD ROM, you should create an installation boot disk. For instructions on how make a boot disk,

see Section 1.4.2 .

Once you have created your driver disk, begin the installation process by booting from the Red Hat

Linux CD ROM 1 (or the installation boot disk). At the

boot:

prompt, enter either linux expert

or linux dd. Refer to Section 3.3.1 for details on booting the installation program.

The Red Hat Linux installation program will ask you to insert the driver disk. Once the driver disk

is read by the installer, it can apply those drivers to hardware discovered on your system later in the

installation process.