Red Hat Summit13.6. Performing an assisted driver update
You can perform an assisted driver update during installation to install necessary drivers for new or existing hardware.
Prerequisites
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You have connected a block device without an
OEMDRVvolume label to your system and copied the driver disk image to this device, or you have prepared a driver update CD or DVD and inserted it into your system’s CD or DVD drive or you have prepared a USB device with the driver disk and connected it to your computer before starting the installation process.
If you burn an ISO image file to a CD or DVD or write an ISO image file to a USB drive but it does not have the OEMDRV volume label, you can use the inst.dd option with no arguments. The installation program provides an option to scan and select drivers from the CD, DVD or USB drive. In this scenario, the installation program does not prompt you to select a driver update ISO image. Another scenario is to use the CD, DVD or USB drive with the inst.dd=location boot option; this allows the installation program to automatically scan the CD, DVD or USB drive for driver updates. For more information, see Performing a driver update
Procedure
- From the boot menu window, press the E key on your keyboard to display the boot command line.
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Append the
inst.ddboot option to the command line beginning withlinuxorlinuxefiand press Ctrl+X to execute the boot process. - From the menu, select a local disk partition or a CD, DVD, or USB device. The installation program scans for ISO files, or driver update RPM packages.
Optional: Select the driver update ISO file.
This step is not required if the selected device or partition contains driver update RPM packages rather than an ISO image file, for example, an optical drive containing a driver update CD, DVD or a USB drive that the ISO file has been written on.
Select the required drivers.
- Use the number keys on your keyboard followed by Enter key to toggle the driver selection.
- Press c followed by Enter to install the selected driver. The selected driver is loaded and after pressing c and Enter again to exit the driver disk device selection, the installation process starts.
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