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Chapter 13. Driver Media for IBM POWER Systems

13.1. Why Do I Need Driver Media?

While the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program is loading, a screen may appear asking you for driver media. The driver media screen is most often seen in the following scenarios:
  • If you need to perform an installation from a network device
  • If you need to perform an installation from a block device
  • If you need to perform an installation from a PCMCIA device
  • If you run the installation program by entering linux dd at the installation boot prompt or in the IPL Parameter field of the NWSD
  • If you run the installation program on a computer which does not have any PCI devices

13.1.1. So What Is Driver Media Anyway?

Driver media can add support for hardware that may or may not be supported by the installation program. Driver media could include a driver diskette or image produced by Red Hat, it could be a diskette or CD-ROM you make yourself from driver images found on the Internet, or it could be a diskette or CD-ROM that a hardware vendor includes with a piece of hardware.
Driver media is used if you need access to a particular device to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Drivers can be used for network (NFS) installations, installations using a PCMCIA or block device, non-standard or very new CD-ROM drives, SCSI adapters, NICs, and other uncommon devices.

Note

If an unsupported device is not needed to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on your system, continue with the installation and add support for the new piece of hardware once the installation is complete.

 
 
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