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HPT370/372/372A Red Hat Linux Installation Guide
If you are installing Red Hat Linux 7.2, the driver is contained in a floppy diskette image
file. If you are using an Athlon CPU, the image file is rh72dd-athlon.img, otherwise, the
image file is rh72dd-i686.img.
On a DOS or Windows system, you can make the Red Hat 7.2 driver diskette using
rawrite.exe. It can be found on the Red Hat Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a
command window and follow its prompt.
On a Linux system, you can use the " dd" command to make the boot diskette. Insert a
floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command:
for non-Athlon CPU
# dd if=rh72dd-i686.img of=/dev/fd0
for Athlon CPU
# dd if=rh72dd-athlon.img of=/dev/fd0
Step 4 Prepare the Boot Diskette (Red Hat Linux 7.1/7.2 Only)
If you are installing Red Hat Linux 7.1/7.2 onto hard disk attached to HPT370 or HPT372
controller, you must boot from a customized boot diskette to start installation. There is no
need of customized boot diskette for HPT372A controller.
First obtain the boot diskette image file, rh71boot.img for RedHat 7.1 or rh72boot.img for
RedHat 7.2.
On a DOS or Windows system, you can make the boot diskette using rawrite.exe. It can be
found on the Red Hat Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a command window
and follow its prompt.
On a Linux system, you can use the " dd" command to make the boot diskette. Insert a
floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command:
RedHat 7.1
# dd if=rh71boot.img of=/dev/fd0
RedHat 7.2
# dd if=rh72boot.img of=/dev/fd0
Step 5 Install Red Hat Linux
1)
Start installing Red Hat Linux by booting with the bootable disks or CDROM. If you
are installing Red Hat Linux 7.1/7.2 onto hard disk attached to HPT370/372 controller,
you must boot from the bootable disk provided for HPT37x driver.
2)
On "Welcome to Red Hat Linux" installation screen, a prompted label "boot:" will
appear at the bottom of the screen. If you are installing Red Hat Linux 7.0/7.1, type in
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