Re: Installing Centos 5 on HP DL140 G3

[Kai Schaetzl <maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karanbir Singh wrote on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:09 +0100:

> usb keys work fine as driver disks on centos-5, the .dd image can be 
> loop mounted and the contents copied out onto the root of a usb-key.
> 
> also, its not 'linuxdd' its 'linux dd'
> 
> You can also give dd the remote network location for the driver disk, eg 
> dd=http://foo/bar.dd.img : Does not work well, if its the network 
> interface you need the dd for :D

thanks, gonna try both methods tomorrow. So, that .dd floppy image is not 
meant to be offered as a file source via that manual driver install option? 
What kind of file does that option want, an rpm? (HP has rpms, too). A .ko?

Kai

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