Dell recommends the customer review specifics about the update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations, or provides new features that may/may not apply to your environment.
Added script to create /dev/afaX with the correct major/minor number when afacli starts.
Installation Instructions
Default Instructions for aacraid-util-rh8.0-i386.tar.gz:
Download this file to a temporary directory on your working system.
If you are downloading this using a Microsoft Windows system: - save the file onto a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy - take the floppy out and insert it into your Linux system floppy drive - In your Linux system, login as root and do the following to copy it to /tmp: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy cp /mnt/floppy/aacraid-util-rh8.0-i386.tar.gz /tmp umount /mnt/floppy
If your are downloading this to your Linux system, save it onto a temporary directory (Eg. /tmp)
To extract the files, login as root and do the following from the command line: Change directory to where you saved the file: cd /tmp tar -xvzf aacraid-util-rh8.0-i386.tar.gz
To install the rpm, rpm -ivh afaapps-2.7.2.i386.rpm
