### TechNote

Number: 06803-02
Date: May 1994

### Madge driver support for Solaris UNIX stations

This document describes how to install the Madge driver for Solaris UNIX stations. The Madge Solaris driver is called solaris.drv. It is available from the Madge BBS or on floppy disk (part number: 87-02) from Madge Technical Support. For the telephone and BBS numbers, refer to the Madge Smart LAN Support Software Installation Guide (part number:100-091).

### 1 Installing the Solaris driver from the Madge BBS

1. With the files that you have downloaded from the BBS, run the rawrite command by typing the following at the DOS prompt:

   `rawrite`

2. Type the name of the driver:

   `solaris.drv`

3. Type the drive-letter (A or B) of a DOS-formatted 3.5" floppy disk in your computer.

4. Follow the instructions in Section 2 for installing the Solaris driver from the Madge floppy disk.

### 2 Installing the Solaris driver from the Madge floppy disk

Files that you have received on disk from Madge, are already in "package" format. Proceed as follows:

1. Login as root.

2. If your root directory does not already contain a directory called /install, go to your root directory and type: `mkdir /install`

3. With the disk containing your copy of the Madge solaris.drv driver in drive A or B, use the pkgadd utility to perform automatic installation. Type:

   `/usr/sbin/pkgadd -d /dev/fd0` (for drive A)

   or:

   `/usr/sbin/pkgadd -d /dev/fd1` (for drive B)

   For more information about the pkgadd utility, refer to the Solaris System Configuration and Installation Guide.

4. In your /etc subdirectory, create a file called hostname.mtokx, where x is the board number. For example, if you are configuring only one board the file is called hostname.mtok0. If you are configuring a second Madge board, the file for that board is called hostname.mtok1.

5. In the file you have created, type the name by which you want your system to be recognized by other systems. We recommend you use a name that is different from the name you gave to your system when you installed it.

6. In the file called hosts, which is also in your /etc subdirectory, add the IP address that your system is to use, and associate it with the name that you have given your system in the hostname.mtokx file.

   You do not need to configure the driver. It checks, automatically, for the I/O location that your Ringnode is using, every time your system boots.

7. Shut down and reboot your system.