Driver Installation
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 supports Dynamic kernel Module Support (DKMS).
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To install DKMS, run rpm –Uvh /usr/src/dkms-version.tar.gz
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Most of the drivers come in rpm (compiled with DKMS support) format and can be install straight away. Please read the Readme file that comes together for more install instruction.
Example, driver for Intel Dual Port Network card can be installed with
rpm –Uvh e1000-5.2.17.10-2dkms.i386.rpm
insmod e1000
shutdown –r now, restart the serverDuring bootup, you will be prompted to setup the Network configuration. Note, Network configuration will appear twice if you have more than two network card, or a dual port network card. Ignore second one if you are using first network card only.
You can use ifconfig command to setup the network card. You can look into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 or eth1 for respective network card setup. eth0 refers to first network card.