Tekram DC390W/U/F(T) SLACKWARE LINUX driver User's Guide

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1.  Contents



  lnx390w.txt  - The readme file for DC-390W/U/F Linux driver

  b390_144.zip - Boot diskette(1.44M) image for DC-390(T), DC-390W/U/F(T)

  pw2_0_0.zip  - DC-390W/U/F(T) Linux driver patch file for kernel 2.0.0 or later



2. The first time installation



  A. Before Installation - Under DOS environment



   a. Get 1 MS-DOS formatted diskettes

   b. Decompress the Boot diskette image file by:

      pkunzip b390_144.zip

      gzip -d b390_144.gz

   c. Decompress the patch file by:

      pkunzip pw2_0_0.zip

   d. Insert a formatted and empty diskette to floppy drive A

   e. Write boot diskette image to floppy diskette by:

      rawrite b390_144 A:

   f. Remove floppy diskette





  B. Installation



   a. Using boot diskette that you made as the Booting diskette and follow the

      Linux installation procedures to install.

   b. When the installing screen display " INSTALL LINUX KERNEL ".

      - Select "bootdisk  Use the kernel from the installation bootdisk",

      - and re-insert the bootdisk diskette to floppy drive A.

   c. Exit Slackware Linux Setup while the installation is completed

   e. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot system



3.  Configure the system and Remake the kernel



  # cd /usr/src

  # gzip -d pw2_0_0.gz

  # patch -p0 < pw2_0_0

  # cd linux

  # make mrproper

  # make config

    ;When prompt for "PCI bios support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "SCSI support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "SCSI disk support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "SCSI tape support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "SCSI CD-ROM support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "SCSI generic support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "Tekram DC-390W/U/F (T) SCSI support" say "Yes".

    ;When prompt for "NCR53c7,8xx SCSI support" say "No".

    ;When prompt for "NCR53C8XX SCSI support" say "No".

  # make dep; make clean

  # make zImage

  # cp arch/i386/boot/zImage /

    ; Add an entry for "zImage" in /etc/lilo.conf

    ; Example:

    ;	   ...

    ;	 # Linux bootable partition config begins

    ;	 image = /zImage	#  <--- NEW

    ;	   root = /dev/sda1	#  <--- NEW

    ;	   label = DC390W	#  <--- NEW

    ;	   read-only		#  <--- NEW

    ;	 # Linux bootable partition config ends

    ;	 # Linux bootable partition config begins

    ;	 image = /vmlinuz

    ;	   root = /dev/sda1

    ;	   label = default

    ;	   read-only

    ;	 # Linux bootable partition config ends

    ;	   ...

    ;

  # lilo

  # shutdown -r now	;reboot the system

    ...

    ...

    boot: DC390W	;when system Rebooting ...







	First-time to patch driver sources into the kernel source

    ===================================================================



    This case means that you are not ever patch the Tekram driver source code

    to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi.



       copy pw2_0_0.gz to /usr/src

    1. # gzip -d pw2_0_0.gz

    2. # patch -p0 < pw2_0_0







	To re-patch/update driver sources to the kernel source

    ==================================================================



    This case means that you are ever patch the Tekram driver source code

    to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi.



    1. # cd /usr/src

    2. # mkdir tmp

    3. # cd tmp

       copy pw2_0_0.gz to /usr/src/tmp

    4. # patch < pw2_0_0

	 When prompt for "File to patch:", just press Enter.

	 When prompt for "No file found--skip this patch? [n]", type y, then Enter.

    5. # cp *.c /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi

    6. # cp *.h /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi

    7. # cd ..

    8. # rm -r tmp







	To re-patch/update driver sources to a upgraded kernel source

    =====================================================================



    This case means that you are ever patch the Tekram driver source code

    to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi before update the kernel.



    1. copy pw2_0_0.gz to /usr/src

    2. # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi

    3. # rm tmscsiw.c

    4. # rm tmscsiw.h

    5. # rm scsiiow.c

    6. # rm dc390w.h

    7. # rm scripts.h

    8. # cd /usr/src

    9. # gzip -d pw2_0_0.gz

   10. # patch -p0 < pw2_0_0