These boot disks are designed to work around bugs in the Linux SCSI
subsystem; some SCSI adapter drivers do not work as modules.  You will
need to take a few extra steps during the installation; they are
detailed here.

First, you need to choose one boot image:
  bootBusLogic.img         New driver for BusLogic adapters
  boot1740.img             Adaptec 1740/1742 EISA adapters
  boot1540.img             Adaptec 1540/1542 adapters that need parameters
  booteata_dma.img         DPT EATA (DMA) adaptors
  bootultrastor.img        Primarily intended for Ultrastor 24F
  bootaic7xxx.img          Adaptec 2940 and 3940, and aic7xxx-based controllers

The BusLogic driver is not buggy, but FlashPoint adapters are
not supported by the standard kernel, and this image includes the
production-quality 2.1.7 release of the BusLogic driver, which also
includes improved recognition of MultiMaster adapters.

The Adaptec 1542 driver cannot take command-line arguments when it is
compiled as a module.  Normally, it needs no arguments, but if you need
to pass it arguments, you will need to use this boot disk and give it
arguments at boot time.

The bootaic7xxx.img file appears to only be necessary for some adapters,
but we have not been able to determine exactly which ones at this time.

Use these steps to take advantage of the correct boot image for you:
 o Download the appropriate boot image in binary mode.
 o Use dd (or rawrite) to write it to a floppy, creating your boot image.
 o Boot it.
 o When it prompts you for a ramdisk, insert the standard Red Hat Linux
   boot disk and press ENTER.
 o Continue normally with the installation.
 o When the installation or upgrade has finished and the computer
   reboots, put the boot image you created in the drive and boot off
   it with the boot command:
      linux root=/dev/sd??
   where "sd??" is the root partition on which you installed Linux.
 o After booting, mount the boot floppy, probably like this:
      mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
 o Then copy the kernel image from the floppy over the default one
   provided with the system:
      cp /mnt/floppy/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz
 o Re-run lilo:
      lilo
 o Shutdown and reboot:
      shutdown -r now
At this point, you should have a working Linux system.

General instructions on Red Hat Linux can be found on our web site at
http://www.redhat.com
Look in particular at our manual, available at
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/manual/