8.7. Performing a manual driver update

You can perform a manual driver update during installation to install necessary drivers for new or existing hardware.

Prerequisites

You have placed the driver update ISO image file on a USB flash drive or a web server and connected it to your computer.

Procedure

From the boot menu window, press the E key on your keyboard to display the boot command line.
Append the inst.dd=location boot option to the command line, where location is a path to the driver update. Typically, the image file is located on a web server, for example, http://server.example.com/dd.iso, or on a USB flash drive, for example, /dev/sdb1. It is also possible to specify an RPM package containing the driver update, for example http://server.example.com/dd.rpm.
Press Ctrl+X to execute the boot process. The drivers available at the specified location are automatically loaded and the installation process starts.