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Installing or upgrading an SCO OpenServer system

Installing Boot-Time Loadable Drivers (BTLDs)

Boot-Time Loadable Drivers (BTLDs) provide access to hardware devices that are not supported by the current kernel. The boot(HW) program invokes the separate link(HW) program to link-edit the new driver into the kernel after it has been loaded, but before it runs. You would typically use a BTLD package to add a driver needed for installation, although you can use a BTLD at any subsequent time to add a driver to your system. Using a BTLD, you can install onto new hardware, or use new hardware as soon as a driver is available. New and updated BTLDs for current and previous SCO OpenServer releases can be downloaded from the SCO Support Download Area:

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/drivers

To install Boot-Time Loadable Drivers during an SCO OpenServer installation:


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003