Prepare Promise Driver Floppy

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# 3. Prepare Promise Driver Floppy

1. Download appropriate driver from one of the two sites below and save the driver on one of the blank floppies. You can do this on any computer connected to Internet.

   - Driver for Single Processor Machine

   - Driver for Multiple Processor Machine

2. Insert the floppy with the driver tar ball into a working Linux computer and type:

       mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
       cd /mnt/floppy
       cp rhsmp-ft12014.tgz /tmp
       tar xvzf /tmp/rhsmp-ft12014.tgz
       cd /
       umount /mnt/floppy

3. Label the floppy »Promise FastTrack driver« and set it aside.

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