Bug 90394

Summary: Driver Disk being rejected as invalid
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Reporter: Dieter Jaspers <djaspers>
Component: kernelAssignee: Larry Woodman <lwoodman>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 2.1   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rhel/21/qu1/driverdisks.html
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Description Dieter Jaspers 2003-05-07 16:54:26 UTC 
Description of problem:


Update 1 (Q1 2003) driver disk not accepted by AS2.1 fresh install on DELL 
Precision 650. Needed for HD access of DELL PERC 320/DC.




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1 for i386)


http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rhel/21/qu1/2.1as-dd-aic-i686.img.gz




How reproducible: always




Steps to Reproduce:


1. download 2.1as-dd-aic-i686.img.gz


2. gunzip


3. dd if=2.1as-dd-aic-i686.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k


4. start from cdrom in expert mode, when asked for driver disk insert floppy




Actual results:


Error: The floppy disk you inserted is not a valid driver disk for this release 
of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server.




Expected results:


acceptance of driver in order for installer to gain hard disk access




Additional info:


switched off second processor as well as hyperthreading because of suspected 
smp-kernel-related problem. However, no effect whatsoever.


No installation problems at all when using Redhat 9 !!!