From the course: Linux System Engineer: Kernel Tuning and Remote Logging

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Installing kernel modules from disk

Installing kernel modules from disk

From the course: Linux System Engineer: Kernel Tuning and Remote Logging

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Installing kernel modules from disk

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- [Instructor] Sometimes drivers for hardware are not included in our Linux distribution. In this case we may have to install a driver from a driver update disc or install it from a special package repository. To simulate this process we're going to download a kernel module package from the system software repository and then take it from there. If you had a driver disc you'd mount the ISO onto a directory and then run the install from that location. Another possible option is to manually download the driver RPM from the manufacturer's website. In a terminal type in sudo yum install kmod-oracleasm, which is the name of the package, space --downloadonly space --downloaddir =/tmp/drivers and hit enter. Type in your password if prompted. These options will only download the package and not install it. The download directory is /tmp/drivers. If this directory doesn't exist it will create it for you. Now cd to /tmp/drivers and then type in clear and then ls. We can see our package here…

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