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E.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 Enterprise Linux WS.
To create a driver disk from a driver disk image using Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS:
1. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into the first drive.
2. From the same directory containing the driver disk image, such as
if=dd.img of=/dev/fd0
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
at the command line.
dd.img a:
E.1.3. Using a Driver Disk During Installation
Having a driver disk is not enough; you must specifically tell the Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS
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 Enterprise
Linux WS 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
Enterprise Linux WS CD-ROM 1 (or the installation boot disk). At the
linux expert or linux dd. Refer to Section 3.2.1 for details on booting the installation pro-
gram.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 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.
as root.
Appendix E. Driver Disks
, type
dd.img
, type
dd.img rawrite
prompt, enter either
boot:
dd