Installing Red Hat 7.3 on a Sun Fire[TM] V60x/V65x

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Solution 1006145.1 : Installing Red Hat 7.3 on a Sun Fire[TM] V60x/V65x

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Sun Fire V60x Server
 Sun Fire V65x Server

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GCS>Sun Microsystems>Servers>x64 Servers

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Description
Any release of Red Hat Linux prior to version 9 has the following concerns:
No SCSI driver in installer
No Ethernet Driver in kernel that is installed by default
No Kernel source installed by default

To address these concerns, do the following.

Steps to Follow
This procedure describes how to install Red Hat Linux 7.3 software from CDs. This procedure has been tested using the ISO distribution of the software that is available from Red Hat at the following site:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/iso/i386/

To create the scsi driver floppy disk:

Insert the Sun Fire[Tm] V60x or Sun Fire[TM] V65x Resource CD (shipped with your server) into the server's CD tray, and mount the CD by typing the following command:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Insert a formatted 1.44 MB diskette into the server's diskette drive.

Create the driver disk by typing the following commands:

# cd /mnt/cdrom/images/redhat/7.3/
# dd if=aic79xx-1.3.7-i686-rh73.img of=/dev/fd0u1440
# sync
# cd /

The driver diskette creation might take several minutes.

To create the Ethernet driver on the floppy:

From the Resource CD, copy the e1000 driver file to your server's /tmp/ directory by typing the following commands:

# cd /mnt/cdrom/drivers/redhat/7.3/src/
# cp e1000-4.4.19-rh73.src.rpm /tmp/
# cd /

On your server, install the source RPM file by typing the following command:
# rpm -ivh /tmp/e1000-4.4.19-rh73.src.rpm

Compile the e1000 driver by typing the following command:
# rpm -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/e1000.spec

Install the e1000 driver by typing the following command:
# rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/e1000-4.4.19-rh73.i386.rpm

Remove the diskette from the server.

Remove the Resource CD from the server after you type the following command:
# umount /dev/cdrom

You can load the kernel module by hand or reboot the system to get the network running.
# insmod e1000
# netconfig
# /etc/init.d/network restart

One major piece that is needed that is not installed by default with the installer is the kernel source. Install the kernel source from CD2/RedHat/RPMS/:
# mount /mnt/cdrom
# rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.18-3.i386.rpm
# umount /mnt/cdrom

Product
Sun Fire V65x Server
Sun Fire V60x Server

Red Hat, install, driver, v65, v60
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Change History
Date: 2005-04-08
User Name: 25440
Action: Approved
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Date: 2005-04-08
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Date: 2005-04-08
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