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Vi. unixware drivers, Troubleshooting, Loading loadable module – Asus P/I-P65UP8/CP6ND User Manual

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VI. UNIXWARE DRIVERS

Loading Loadable Module

1. Once the loadable driver is configured into the system, your driver is ready to

load into the running system using the modadmin command as follows:

modadmin -l c8xx

NOTE: When the driver is loaded, it scans the SCSI bus and displays the
devices found on it. An integer module-id used to identify the C8xx driver is
displayed on the screen when loading completes.

2. To access the devices on the SCSI bus, create the entries into the device table

using pdi commands as follows:

cd /etc/scsi
./pdimkdev -ifS
./pdimkdtab -ifS

The system is now ready to use.

Rebuild the UnixWare Kernel

1. Reboot the system. When the c8xx package is loaded it sets a system flag to

automatically rebuild the kernel upon the next system boot. To reboot, type
the following commands:

cd / init 6

During the boot process the driver scans the SCSI bus and lists the devices found on
it. If the kernel panics during boot, then reboot the system with the saved copy of the
old kernel. Booting from the saved copy of the kernel is described in the following
section titled Troubleshooting.

If the reboot is successful, the system is ready to use.

Troubleshooting

DRIVER INSTALLATION FAILS

a. Replace the system UNIX with the backup copy you created before attempting

to install the C8xx host adapter driver. To perform this task, reboot the system.

b. Wait for the “Booting UnixWare ...” prompt and the subsequent beep, then

press the space bar key to begin an interactive boot session.

c. When the [boot#] prompt is displayed, type:

KERNEL=unix.good
go

d. The Operating System logo and “Booting UnixWare...” reappears. Then the

system starts booting from the unix kernel you specified in the previous step.

VI. UNIXW

ARE

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roubleshooting)