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Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support

Step 3 Prepare the Driver Diskette

Driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file, you can get it from our web site for

free.

On a DOS or Windows system, you can make the Fedora driver diskette using rawrite.

exe. It can be found on the Fedora Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a

command window and follow its prompt.

On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the boot diskette. Insert a

floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command (example):

# dd if=rr26xx-fedora-8.img of=/dev/fd0

Step 4 Prepare the Driver Diskette

Installation steps for Fedora 8

1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation DVD.

2. On “Welcome to Fedora” installation screen, press “ESC”, then a prompted label

“boot:” will appear at the top of the screen. Type in “linux dd” (without quotation

mark) and then press Enter.

3. When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?” Select “Ye s”. When prompted

“Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue”, insert the driver diskette in

the floppy drive and then select “OK”. The system will load RR26xx driver

automatically. When prompted “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?”

Select “No”.

4. Continue the installation as usual. You can refer to Fedora Linux installation

guide. Make sure you have finished the next step before system reboot.

5. When installation finishes and prompts you to reboot the system, press

“CRL+ALT+F2” to the shell and type the following commands:

# chroot /mnt/sysimage

# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt

# sh /mnt/fedora-install-step2.sh

# umount /dev/fd0

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