SDMS™ PCI SYMHISL Driver Update

Building the SYMHISL Driver Update Diskette

To create a SYMHISL diskette for Solaris 7 or Solaris 8 installations, copy the raw symitu.dd image file onto a 1.44 Mbytes diskette. This process is dependent upon the operating system that you are using to create this diskette. Refer to the instructions for UNIX System and DOS System Users.

For UNIX System Users

Follow these steps to create the SYMHISL Driver Update diskette:

1. Insert a blank 3.5-inch diskette into the diskette drive.

2. At the UNIX prompt, type:

         #volcheck -v

    #dd if=/<path>/symitu.dd of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=36k

    #eject floppy

The <path> is where the dd image is located. The SDMS Software Device Drivers and Utilities CD-ROM contains the symitu.dd image file in this directory:

{UNIX CD-ROM path}/drivers/8xx-1010/unixes/solaris/solaris7

or

{UNIX CD-ROM path}/drivers/8xx-1010/unixes/solaris/solaris8

This command will dd the image to the diskette to create a SYMHISL Driver Update diskette.

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For DOS System Users

Under this section, DOS system users have two choices.

1. Use a utility that will copy the raw dd image onto a 1.44 Mbytes diskette. The SDMS Software Device Drivers and Utilities CD-ROM contains the SYMITU.DD image file in this directory:

   {DOS CD-ROM path}:\DRIVERS\8XX-1010\UNIXES\SOLARIS\SOLARIS7

   or

   {DOS CD-ROM path}:\DRIVERS\8XX-1010\UNIXES\SOLARIS\SOLARIS8

   RAWRITE3.COM, which is a public domain utility, is available on this CD-ROM in this directory:

   {DOS CD-ROM path}:\DRIVERS\8XX-1010\UNIXES\RAWRITE3.COM

   Instructions for using this utility are included in its accompanying RaWrite file or as a Microsoft Word document located at:

   {DOS CD-ROM path}:\DRIVERS\8XX-1010\UNIXES\RAWRITE3.DOC

   After the image has been copied to a 3.5-inch diskette, use this SYMHISL Driver Update diskette for Solaris installations as instructed.

2. The other DOS alternative is to use the self-extracting image file that is located at:

   {DOS CD-ROM path}:\DISKIMAG\SOLARIS8.EXE

   or

   {DOS CD-ROM path}:\DISKIMAG\SOLARIS7.EXE

   Information on how to use a self-extracting image file is located on the Build Driver Diskettes page.

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