Red Hat Linux - Dell PowerEdge 600SC Update Manual

Red Hat Linux 8.0

Support for IDE Devices on the Tertiary IDE Channel
To enable Red Hat Linux support for devices on the tertiary IDE channel, download the
latest errata kernel for Red HatLinux 8.0 from the Red Hat website at www.redhat.com or
the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
This feature has been added to all Red Hat Linux 8.0 errata kernels created after version
2.4.18-19.7.x.
Optional Internal Winmodem
The optional internal Winmodem is not supported by Red Hat Linux 8.0.
Using an IDE Tape Backup Unit With Red Hat Linux 8.0
To use an IDE tape drive on a system running Red Hat Linux 8.0, install the IDE-SCSI
driver for the tape backup unit:
Using a text editor, add the following lines to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
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rmmod ide-tape
modprobe ide-scsi
hdparm -d0 /dev/hdx (where x is the drive letter assigned to the tape drive)
mt -f /dev/st0 stopoptions no-blklimits
NOTE: Using the /dev/st0 option rewinds the tape after every tape backup,
causing the previous set of data to be overwritten when the next backup occurs.
If you want to archive the data, use /dev/nst0 option and the mt -f
/dev/nst0 [option] command to retain past archive files.
If your system uses the GRand Unified Boot (GRUB) loader, update the system
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configuration as follows:
Log in as root.
a
Open the /boot/grub/grub.conf file in a text editor.
b
Add /dev/ht0=ide-scsi to each line beginning with kernel, as in the
c
following example:
kernel /vmlinux-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ /dev/ht0=ide-
scsi
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