RedHat 6.2 driver disk for 53c710: sim710.img.gz is a RedHat 6.2 drivers disk, which you can use to install on machines with 53c710 SCSI controllers (e.g. Compaq machines). You need to uncompress the file and then dump it on to a floppy. On a linux box that could be done as follows: gzip -d sim710.img.gz dd if=sim710.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=18k On a DOS box I guess you can use rawrite.exe, although I havn't tried. Insert the driver disk when requested at the start of the install, and then go on to select the 53c710 driver as the SCSI module you want to load. You need to specify the I/O address of the SCSI chip as a module parameter, by entering something similar to the following in the module parameters box: sim710=addr:0x9000 Note there is no need to specify an IRQ as the driver detects that for itself. Install up to the point where it is asking if you want to create a boot disk. Alt-F2 to a bash prompt, then, with the sim710 driver disk in the floppy drive: chroot /mnt/sysimage mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy cp /mnt/floppy/sim710.o /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/scsi umount /mnt/floppy /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img 2.2.14-5.0 /sbin/lilo -v exit Then Alt-F1 and click YES to create a boot disk. On completing the install, your system should boot from the harddisk. You'll need to apply the sim710-000419.diff.gz patch above if you want to build your own 2.2.14 kernel to match the driver on this disk image.