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I performed a fairly standard (text) RedHat 6.2 installation. I did choose the custom option and installed most of the optional packages.After installation, there are a couple of things to attend to... mostly for X, but also for ethernet.
Ethernet Module
The RedHat installation doesnt recognise the on board ethernet chip correctly.So, after the installation has finished, you need to edit the file /etc/conf.modules and change de4x5 to tulip on the alias eth0 line.
BIOS Upgrade
If the BIOS is old, or if you want network booting, you may need to upgrade it. Concurrent will email new versions on request.A recent BIOS upgrade sent to QMW, which includes network booting (of VP/PSE/P34) is bios_20010803.zip (download as binary!).
Instructions for doing the upgrade are as follows:
The zip archive contains the following files: bios.rom - BIOS firmware phlash.exe - flash programming utility platform.bin - flash programming control file Extract these files to a DOS bootable floppy. (For those unused to DOS, you can create a bootable floppy with the command "sys a:" from a DOS prompt on Windows - or even a Mac with Virtual PC!). To perform the update - boot the board to the DOS prompt using the update disk. Then type "phlash" to update the firmware components.
XFree Upgrade
To run X, you need the latest version (4.0.1) of XFree.
First, you have to download a few files from xfree86 WEB site:
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.0.1/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/
or one if its mirrors.
The file "install" has detailled instruction for the installation but you
basically have to download the following files:
1. Xinstall.sh The installer script
2. extract The utility for extracting tarballs
3. Xbin.tgz X clients/utilities and run-time libraries
4. Xlib.tgz Some data files required at run-time
5. Xman.tgz Manual pages
6. Xdoc.tgz XFree86 documentation
7. Xfnts.tgz Base set of fonts
8. Xfenc.tgz Base set of font encoding data
9. Xetc.tgz Run-time configuration files
10. Xvar.tgz Run-time data
11. Xxserv.tgz XFree86 X server
12. Xmod.tgz XFree86 X server modules
Copy them onto the target then run ./sh Xinstall.sh
Once that is done, you have to copy a patched version of chips_drv.o
into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers
Booting from the Network
Concurrent have provided me with another BIOS upgrade (later than the one they gave Mainz above) which should allow booting from the network. I havent tried this yet.
Last updated on 7-Dec-2000. Send comments on this page to Murrough Landon