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Chapter 3—Software/Driver Installation
RPM, you will need to use the --force option in the RPM command as
in step 5b below.
5a. For RPM version 6.2:
Copy the RPM to a temporary folder. In this example, well use /isi.
Installation is in three parts, building the isicom-smp.spec file from
the source file, then building the actual RPM from that spec file, and
finally, installing the RPM. Do not type the quotation marks shown in
the commands below.
- Run rpm -i /isi/isicom-1.1-3.src.rpm.
- Run rpm -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/isicom-
smp.spec.
- Run rpm -ihv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/isicom-
1.1-3.i386.rpm
- Reboot the system, either using the command init 6 <ENTER>
or your favorite method.
5b. For RPM version 7.0:
Copy the RPM to a temporary folder. In this example, well use /isi.
Installation is in three parts, building the isicom-smp.spec file from
the source file, then building the actual RPM from that spec file, and
finally, installing the RPM. Do not type the quotation marks shown in
the commands below. Replace the x below with the actual version
numbers being used.
- Run rpm -i /isi/isicom-1.2-3.src.rpm.
- Run rpm -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/isicom-
rh7.spec.
- Run rpm -ihv --force /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/
i386/isicom-1.2-3.i386.rpm.
- Reboot the system, using either the command init 6 <ENTER>
or your favorite method.