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Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux System

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Installing the Driver Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux System To install the driver in an existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux system: 1 Insert the installation CD into the CD device and wait for the system to automount the cd, or manually mount it from a shell by typing: for Red Hat mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom for SuSE mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 2 Then type: for Red Hat for SuSE cd /mnt/cdrom cd /media/cdrom 3 Type: cd / 4 Type: rpm -ivh (for a new install, or) rpm -Uvh --force (for an updated install) cd for Red Hat umount /mnt/cdrom for SuSE umount /media/cdrom or eject (to eject disc) 5 Reboot the system to enable the new/updated driver. Installing the NetWare Driver This section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the NetWare Driver in a New NetWare System ■ Installing or Updating Device Drivers After Installing NetWare 3-7

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3-7
Installing the Driver
Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE
Linux System
To install the driver in an existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux system:
1
Insert the installation CD into the CD device and wait for the
system to automount the cd, or manually mount it from a shell
by typing:
2
Then type:
3
Type:
cd /<directory of rpm files>
4
Type:
rpm -ivh <rpmfile>
(for a new install, or)
rpm -Uvh --force <rpmfile>
(for an updated install)
cd
or
eject
(to eject disc)
5
Reboot the system to enable the new/updated driver.
Installing the NetWare Driver
This section contains the following procedures:
■
Installing the NetWare Driver in a New NetWare System
■
Installing or Updating Device Drivers After Installing NetWare
for Red Hat
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
for SuSE
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
for Red Hat
cd /mnt/cdrom
for SuSE
cd /media/cdrom
for Red Hat
umount /mnt/cdrom
for SuSE
umount /media/cdrom