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Adding or Updating the C8XX Package for LSI SCSI controller. Before you install

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5. OS Driver Installation C. Existing System Installation Adding or Updating the C8XX Package for LSI SCSI controller. Before you install the C8XX driver, make a backup copy of the existing kernel: 1. Log on as root. 2. At the shell prompt, type: # cp /stand/unix /stand/unix.safe Use this copy of the old kernel to reboot the system if the driver installation fails. Refer to Troubleshooting for more information. 3. Once the old kernel is saved, insert the "PCI SCSI SCO UnixWare driver" diskette. 4. Load the driver using the pkgadd command by typing: # pkgadd -d diskette1 5. Select C8XX and press Enter. The C8XX driver is then loaded onto the system. 6. The system will again prompt you to load a driver even if loading was successful. Type q (quit) and press Enter. 7. Verify that the driver is now loaded successfully by typing: # pkginfo c8xx 8. The package information should look like this: "system c8xx Symbios IHV HBA" 9. After the C8XX package is loaded, a message indicating a system reboot is necessary may appear. To reboot the system, type the following command: # 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. 5. Driver Installation SCO UnixWare Server 102 ASUS TR-DLS User's Manual

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5. OS Driver Installation
5. Driver Installation
C.
Existing System Installation
Adding or Updating the C8XX Package for LSI SCSI controller. Before you install
the C8XX driver, make a backup copy of the existing kernel:
1.
Log on as
root
.
2.
At the shell prompt, type:
# cp /stand/unix /stand/unix.safe
Use this copy of the old kernel to reboot the system if the driver installation fails.
Refer to Troubleshooting for more information.
3.
Once the old kernel is saved, insert the
“PCI SCSI SCO UnixWare driver”
diskette.
4.
Load the driver using the
pkgadd
command by typing:
# pkgadd -d diskette1
5.
Select
C8XX
and press
Enter
. The
C8XX
driver is then loaded
onto the
system.
6.
The system will again prompt you to load a driver even if loading was
successful. Type
q
(quit) and press
Enter
.
7.
Verify that the driver is now loaded successfully by typing:
# pkginfo c8xx
8.
The package information should look like this: “
system c8xx Symbios IHV
HBA”
9.
After the C8XX package is loaded, a message indicating a system reboot is
necessary may appear. To reboot the system, type the following command:
#
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.
SCO UnixWare Server