Redhat Linux 6.2/7.0 Rpm Drivers For Isi Server Cards (Pci Bus Only); Linux-Rpm: Pre-Installation Issues; Linux-Rpm: Copying The Driver From The Media; Linux-Rpm: Copying The Driver From Cd-Rom - Multitech ISIHI-2S User Manual

3.16 RedHat Linux 6.2/7.0 RPM Drivers for ISI Server Cards
(PCI bus only)
This installation procedure applies only to RedHat Linux versions 6.2 and 7.0 and only when used with ISIHP
server cards, that is, those with the PCI bus. The standard Linux installation procedure ("Linux Driver for
Multi-Tech ISI Server Cards (for PCI and ISA busses)") still applies to all use of Linux in ISIHI and ISIHP
server cards. (Note that RedHat Linux versions 6.2 and 7.0 both use the Linux 2.2 version kernel.)

3.16.1 LINUX-RPM: Pre-Installation Issues

The 'make' utility, GNU C compiler, and the kernel sources need to be installed on your system. If any of
these are missing, the compilation will fail. Most later Linux OSs install these elements automatically .

3.16.2 LINUX-RPM: Copying the Driver from the Media

The RedHat Linux RPM drivers are on the ISI-Family Installation CD-ROM in separate directories, ServCard/
Drivers/Linux/RPMS/70RPM for version 7.0 and ServCard/Drivers/Linux/RPMS/62RPM for version 6.2. In
some cases, users may download RPM drivers from the MultiTech web site onto diskette (in ext2 format). We
present instructions for both situations below.

3.16.3 LINUX-RPM: Copying the driver from CD-ROM

1. Mount the CD-ROM using this command:
mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
2. Change directory
cd /mnt/cdrom
3. List the RPM files on the CD-ROM using this command:
ls

3.16.4 LINUX-RPM: Copying the Driver from a Floppy

The ISI driver .rpm file can be copied from a DOS formatted floppy using the 'mcopy' command if the 'mtools'
have been installed.
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For RPM version 6.2, issue the command:
'mcopy a:isicom-1.1-3.src.rpm <destination folder>' to copy the isicom-1.1-3.src.rpm ( or current driver
name) file to the destination folder.
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For RPM version 7.0, issue the command:
'mcopy a:isicom-1.2-3.src.rpm <destination folder>' to copy the isicom-1.2-3.src.rpm ( or current driver
name) file to the destination folder.
As an alternative, the floppy can be manually mounted and the file copied to the required destination folder.
Note: To read from a DOS formatted floppy, a kernel with support for the FAT file system (either statically
linked in the kernel or as modules) is required.
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