
Install SuSE Enterprise Server 8.0 (SuSE
SLES-8) onto a Fibre Channel Boot Disk
Please follow these instructions if you want to install SuSE Enterprise Server 8 onto a
Fibre Channel boot disk attached to Emulex LightPulse HBA.
1. Download the Emulex Driver Disk image file appropriate to your SuSE distribution.
For example:
sles8-i586-2.01g.img.gz
2. Uncompress the Driver Disk image file if necessary.
# gunzip sles8-i586-2.01g.img.gz
3. Insert a diskette into the diskette drive and copy the uncompressed Driver Disk
image file to diskette.
# dd if=sles8-i586-2.01g.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
4. Boot the system to be installed from CD-ROM disc 1.
5. At the intial screen, press the alt key. When you are prompted to to have the driver
disk ready, press ENTER.
6. You will then be prompted to insert the driver disk. Insert the disk into the floppy
drive, and then press ENTER.
The Yast2 installation process will continue. You will have the option of selecting
one of the fibre-channel attached disks as the installation target. You can then
install SuSE SLES-8 by following the standard installation directions from Yast2.
Emulex Documentation, Drivers and Software
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