[plug] Redhat and Mylex Acc170 install

[Campbell, David (Ex AS17)]

Michael,

> What I would like to know is how can I create a
> Driver disk with this latest Mylex drivers so
> that I  can get carry on with the installation.?
> Or is there a better method to get out of this chicken 
> and egg scenario. 

What you need to do is find a machine with the applicable
kernel source (not the target machine) and build yourself
a kernel.

Then you need mount the boot floppy (is a MS-DOS format)
and replace the old kernel with your newly built kernel
[/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/<filename>] while retaing
 the old filename.

Most distributions (both Debian & RedHat) use Peter
Alvins boot loader which works on a MS-DOS formated floppy
and a small config script.

David Campbell