On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 13:16, Ajit Warrier wrote: > Hi list, > > I am new to linux and I need some help. I have an > admtek 8211 wireless card and their site only has RPMs > for RHL8 and 7. Since I have Fedora Core 1, I cannot > use those. Consequently I have downloaded the driver > files but I do not know how to go about installing it. > I think I need gcc and kernel sources but I am not > sure. Can someone please let me have the steps I need > to follow to get my card to work? > > Thanks, > > Ajit > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > Hi Ajit, First you need to make sure you have the proper tools. kernel source code #rpm -qa|grep kernel-source GNU C #gcc --version GNU make #make --version binutils #ld --version modutils #insmod -V Use your favorite updating agent to obtain any that you don't have. VERY IMPORTANT - make sure your kernel source matches the version of the kernel you are using. Extract your sources into a directory that you have full privileges on. Generally the process is like so ,but PLEASE check the files you downloaded. It "should" come with a readme that will have specific directions. As root issue the following commands: #make clean #make #make install This will compile the driver for you. Then you need to load the driver. Generally the command is: #/sbin/insmod driver where driver is name of the kernel module you just made. ( Hint: if the output of make is admtek.o the module would be admtek) Then you need to create a RAM Disk to boot from #/sbin/mkinitrd --with=driver /boot/initrd.ft `uname -r` (Again driver is the kernel module) And finally you need to update grub to use the new RAM disk. Open /etc/grub.conf in your favorite editor. Find the section for your c urrent kernel. Mine looks like this. title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.img Change the line for the initrd to point to the new RAM disk. In this example change the last line to initrd /initrd.ft Reboot and you should be set. The install process does vary somewhat with different modules. If you run into any troubles we'll try to help. Good luck! Wayne Steenburg
