Yeah, I need to actually figure out how to rebuild an installation CD to use them, or just dump them on a CD-R, because I pretty much can't get any of the old FDD's to work, on any of the ancient machines I see around here. Peter David Booth wrote: > For Centos4.4 I've got the 586 and 686 drivers on 2 floppies so far - > recipe follows... Hope this helps someone. > I'll try this on my HP and Acer, neither of which will install without > intervention. I'll post part 2 of the recipe if it works out. > > # recipe part 1 - make the driver disks using > #http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4-Installing-RHEL4-on-Systems-with-Legacy-Megaraid-Drivers.html > > # modified for Centos4.4 as described in this thread > #http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-August/010021.html > # > # Using Centos4.4Final i386 Disk 1 of 4 > # > # START > # Install Centos4.4 disk 1 of 4 minimal on an old system > # with floppy and PCI HD and net access > mkdir /usr/src/software > cd /usr/src/software > wget http://www.tuxyturvy.com/files/megaraid2.tar.bz2 > mkdir /usr/src/megaraid > cd /usr/src/megaraid > tar jxvfp /usr/src/sofware/megaraid2.tar.bz2 > yum install gcc > yum install kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.EL.i586 > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.EL/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules > # > # copy megaraid.ko to a floppy and label it megaraid-586 > # > mformat a: > mount /media/floppy > cp /usr/src/megaraid.ko /media/floppy > umount /media/floppy > # > # then clean out the kernel-devel...to make way for the 686 version > rpm -e kernel-devel > yum install kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.EL.i686 > # > cd ../usr/src > mv megaraid megaraid-586 > mkdir megaraid > cd megaraid > tar jxvfp /usr/src/sofware/megaraid2.tar.bz2 > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.EL/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules > # > # then copy megaraid.ko to a floppy and label it megaraid-686 > mformat a: > mount /media/floppy > cp /usr/src/megaraid.ko /media/floppy > umount /media/floppy > # > # Take the floppies to the scsi system and follow recipe part 2 > # I'll post that if it works out. > -- Peter Serwe <peter at infostreet dot com> http://www.infostreet.com "The only true sports are bullfighting, mountain climbing and auto racing." -Earnest Hemingway "Because everything else requires only one ball." -Unknown "Do you wanna go fast or suck?" -Mike Kojima "There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love." -Sir Stirling Moss