Red Hat Linux As Broadcom Driver Installation - IBM 8832 Deployment Manual

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[root@fafrin root]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 18.1 GB, 18158714880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2207 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot
/dev/sda1
*
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda3
/dev/sda4
Figure 33 fdisk Output
Note: If you see this message shown in Figure 34, answer no. In this situation, it may be possible to
install successfully without the %pre script since it won't attempt to partition the second path.
Figure 34 Invalid Partition Table
Aside from the 2 differences noted above, the process detailed in Section 4 is essentially unchanged; just
make sure you are using the correct diskette image.

4.4 Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation

After loading the operating system, the network drivers should work immediately. However, we
downloaded the latest Broadcom device drivers for Linux and performed the instructions in Example 6-1
to install them. The latest Broadcom device drivers were obtained from the following URL:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54186
Version 3.0, 3/10/2006
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