Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i User Manual

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Installing the Drivers

3 Use the dd command to create a driver update disk. Use the appropriate

image for the purpose.

dd if= of=/dev/fd0

NOTE:

You can create a driver update disk on a Windows system using the

program dcopynt.

NOTE:

The output file of might be different, depending on how your operating

system maps the diskette drive. You do not need to mount the diskette drive in
order to execute the dd command.

4 Use the diskette for operating system installation as described later in this

section.

Creating a Driver Update Diskette Using DKMS

Perform the following steps to create the Driver Update Diskette (DUD)
using the DKMS tool:

NOTE:

To work, the driver must be installed on the system where this procedure is

performed.

1 Install the DKMS-enabled megaraid_sas driver rpm package.
2 Type the following command in any directory:

dkms mkdriverdisk –m megaraid_sas –v

version> -k -d

NOTE:

The values for the –d option are

suse

for Suse Linux Enterprise

Server diskettes and

redhat

for RHEL diskettes.

NOTE:

For further information on usage of DKMS, see the DKMS main page.

This starts the process to create the megaraid_sas DUD image. After the
DUD image has been built, you can find it in the DKMS tree for the
megaraid_sas driver. See the output of the

dkms mkdriverdisk

command for the exact path.

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