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3 Ener rpm -U --force xxx.rpm , where xxx is the filename of the new
7.3.4 Using the Drivers with an Upgraded
1 Install the new kernel packages.
2 Edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and remove all hdx=noprobe entries
3 Restart the virtual machine.
4 Upgrade the driver pack (see
5 Edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and make the following change:
7.3.5 Building Your Own RPMs
If you do not have a driver pack that was built for your Linux kernel, you can build
your own SUSE Drivers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on Xen RPM.
1 Open a terminal.
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If you are installing from the binary RPM included with the driver pack, the RPM
is located on the driver pack ISO. Refer to
(page 33). for instructions on using the ISO image.
(Optional) If you are installing from an RPM that you built, the RPM is located
in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/xxx, where xxx is the architecture of the vir-
tual machine. See
Section 7.3.5, "Building Your Own RPMs"
information.
RPM.
the Kernel
from the kernel line.
(page 75)).
For each drive specified in the virtual machine configuration file (for example,
hda and hdb), append hdx=noprobe to the kernel line for the updated kernel,
where hdx is the drive specification found in the virtual machine configuration
file.
Section 5.1, "Virtual CD Readers"
Section 7.3.3, "Upgrading the RHEL 4 Drivers"
(page 76) for more

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