1. Topic:
New installation images are availble for Red Hat Linux 6.0.
These include a newer Adaptec SCSI driver that solves some
issues with earlier releases.
2. Bug IDs fixed:
see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info.
3. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.0, Intel
4. Obsoleted by:
None
5. Conflicts with:
None
6. RPMs required:
Intel:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/en/os/i386/
boot.img
bootnet.img
supp.img
modules.img
7. Problem description:
These installer images fix several problems in previous
installer releases:
- Adaptec SCSI negotiation infinite loops
- AMI MegaRAID driver updates to support newer cards
- failed PCMCIA probes on certain laptops
8. Solution:
Three disks are needed for Intel based computers:
"boot.img" or "bootnet.img", "supp.img", and "modules.img".
Choose "boot.img" for local installs (CD-Rom, hard drive) or
"bootnet.img" for network installs (NFS, FTP, HTTP). Copy the three
images to 1.44 MB floopy disks using:
dd if=file.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=72k
under Linux or "rawrite.exe" under DOS or Windows.
After preparing the disk images, insert the appropriate boot disk and
boot the computer. At the boot prompt type "linux supp" and
press Enter. This tells the installer to load changes from the
supplemental and modules disks. The installer will prompt
the user to insert the supplemental disk and modules disk during the
installation process.
9. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ffb4148c2beb24916bb656285707208e boot.img
20388eb5a5e5610e13d15c052253ac4b bootnet.img
e44b6ca830437d9dff5a3b4279c24e85 modules.img
bd59241e384f615aed68d0e8bc37320d supp.img
These packages are also PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/about/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig filename
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nopgp filename
10. References:
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