On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to > > > detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI > > > controller. Cribs about aic7xxx. > > > > chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You > > should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site > > Well thanks for the info. Fortunately I managed to get hold of the > .img.gz file off the net. Unfortunately, I am not able to gunzip it. > > # gunzip aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz > > gunzip: aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: not in gzip format > > # file aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz > > aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, > OEM-ID " mkdosfs", root entries 224, sectors 2880 (volumes <=32 MB) , > sectors/FAT 9, serial number 0x40774d07, label: " ", FAT (12 > bit) > # > use file cmd to see wat fformat is that file . if its an disk image file then use dd if=filename of=/dev/fd0 and then use it to load the drivers ... if u use windows there are tools like rawrite to help u
I *did* use the file command and posted its output in my earlier mail (see above). Regards, NMK. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
