Instructions on how to create a driver update disk (DUD) for use during installation.
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RETAIN tip: H193206
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Instructions on how to create a driver update disk (DUD) for use during installation.
Affected configurations
This tip is not hardware specific.
This tip is not option specific.
The system is configured with at least one of the following:
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, any Service Pack
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T, any Service Pack
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, any Service Pack
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for AMD64/EM64T, any Service Pack
- SuSE Linux SLED 10, any Service Pack
- SuSE Linux SLED 10 for AMD64/EM64T, any Service Pack
Note: This does not imply that the network operating system will work under all combinations of hardware and software.
Please see the compatibility page for more information:
Additional information
Follow the below instructions to create a driver update disk (DUD) for use during installation of SLES9/10:
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Set up the directories:
Create a staging area for the DUD to be built in. This example will use the staging area in /tmp/dud_staging.
From the staging area run:
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mkdir -p linux/suse/i386-sles9/install ;
mkdir -p linux/suse/i386-sles9/modules |
Replace each instance of "i386" with "x86_64" if making a 64-bit DUD.
Replace "SLES9" with "SLES10" if making a DUD for SLES 10.
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Find RPMs for the Service Pack level (i.e. SLES9 SP3).
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(file name brcm_dd_nic_bnx2-1.6.6b_sles9_32-64.tgz) |
Set up a staging area to hold the contents of the driver package. Use:
Extract into that directory:
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cd /tmp/bnx2_drivers ;
tar xzf <location of the brcm_dd_nic_bnx2-1.6.6b_sles9_32-64.tgz> |
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Populating the DUD:
Copy the RPMs needed for the Service Pack kernel level:
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cd /tmp/dud_staging ;
cp /tmp/bnx2_drivers/sles9/i386/update/SUSE-SLES/9/rpm/*2.6.5_7.244*i586.rpm ./linux/suse/i386-sles9/install |
Take the kernel module for the installer kernel:
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cd /tmp/bnx2_drivers ;
rpm2cpio ./sles9/i386/update/SUSE-SLES/9/rpm/*default*2.6.5_7.244*i586.rpm | cpio -id ;
cp ./lib/modules/2.6.5-7.244-default/updates/bnx2.ko /tmp/dud_staging/linux/suse/i386-sles9/modules/ |
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Final steps:
Create a dud.config file explaining what the DUD is for.
Below is an example:
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cd /tmp/dud_staging ; cat ./dud.config
UpdateName: Updated BNX2 Driver
UpdateID: Specifically for x3850 M2 |
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Place all the files on an ext 2 formatted diskette drive.
Assuming the diskette drive is at /dev/sdb (and not currently mounted):
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mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdb ;
mount /dev/sdb /mnt ;
cp -a /tmp/dud_staging/* /mnt ; umount /mnt |
Note: If creating a SLES10 DUD and placing multiple RPMs into the linux/suse/i386-sles10/install directory (which would be the case if grabbing the drivers from ibm.com), then put the following file in linux/suse/i386-sles10/install/update.post (from http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_ Driver_Update_Disk_(DUD)
#Making_the_Traditional_DUD_Portion):
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#! /bin/sh
#
# update.post
#
# This script is required due to a bug in rpm in which 'rpm -ihv *.rpm'
# won't install anything if one of the rpms fails.
# 'yast -i *.rpm' installs just the required kmp rpm. (gmonroy Nov 2006)
echo -e " date :\tbegin update.post" >> /tmp/DUD.log
pushd dirname $0
yast -i *.rpm >> /tmp/DUD.log
popd
echo -e " date :\tend update.post" >> /tmp/DUD.log |
Additional Information:
By using DUDs, the user can allow for installations onto machines where the current release of the operating system does not have native device driver support for products such as Storage and Networking adapters.
Applicable countries and regions
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