Thanks for helping me out Jerry!
turns out the <new driver> is named tulip.o which is a replacement for the
existing Tulip.o driver that supports my Macronix Tulip clone so I
extracted and over wrote the existing tulip.o in the /net/ directory.
Then I ran Linuxconf but there was nothing under the arrow...nothing
appeared in the etho or kernel spin box arrow. So I thought Linux doesn't
see anything new in the directory so I renamed the driver tulip-m.0 and
tried again...but still Linux doesn't see the new driver...then I rebooted
and loaded Linuxconf but it still doesn't appear....am i doing something
wrong ??
thanks
>Morse,
> 2 steps:
>
>1) unpack the tar archive and copy the module to the correct place.
>the driver is referred to as a "module". When the system boots,
>the linux kernel will load modules such as the ethernet card. The file
>should be something like: foo.o
>
>It might be good to list the contents of the tarchive first and see what's
>there and see where it wants to put it.
>
>You can always:
>
>cd /tmp
>tar -tvf yourtarchivefilename | more
>
>Then you can unpack it into /tmp (if you have room) or any other
>directory that you want it to be in (by changing directory to that
>spot first):
>
>cd /tmp
>tar -xvf yourtarchivefilename
> (note: if this file is a .gz file, add
> the z option to uncompress)
> (the x option extracts ("unpacks")
> the v option = verbose
> f option specifies the input or output
> file name (in this case, your
> tarchive name)
>
>This will leave your driver in /tmp.
>Now, it most likely wants to be in: /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/
>
>Now, the easiest thing to do is to use linuxconf to configure your
>ethernet card. It should take care of things. (A line most likely
>needs to be added to /etc/conf.modules that says:
>alias eth0 foo (or whatever your driver module name is).
>
>linuxconf:
>
>==>Networking==>Client tasks==>Basic host information==>Adapter 1
>
>This is where you set the IP number, etc.
>If you use DHCP, click dhcp,
>if manual, click manual, then fill in IP address, netmask
>
>Net device should be: eth0 (click on arrow to get drop down list,
> select from list)
>Kernel module: (select from list - your new module should show
> up in the list if you put it in the
> right place)
>If this is an non-plug & pray card (ISA card with plug and play disabled),
> then you set the IRQ and IO address here, otherwise,
> if PCI card, leave them blank)
>You will need to Accept the changes, and activate the changes.
>If this doesn't seem to work, try rebooting. The system should load
>your ethernet driver module.
>(Note: there are ways to load the module and start up your ethernet
>interface eth0 without rebooting, but since you're a newbie, the
>simplest way is probably to just reboot)
>
>(In case you're wondering, as with most Linux configuration tools, linuxconf
>edits configuration files, that you can look at and change "by hand" if
>things don't seem to be working. The two important ones here are:
>
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and
>/etc/conf.modules
>
>If you have trouble after that, the contents of those two files will
>be important to tell us.
>
>***************************************************************************
>Jerry Winegarden OIT/Technical Support Duke University
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www-jerry.oit.duke.edu
>***************************************************************************
>
>On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Morse wrote:
>
> > I have a new install of Linux RH 6.1. RH did not have a working driver for
> > my NIC so I pulled the NIC and on boot up told Linux to ignore the device
> > in the future so that I could boot up. I put the the NIC back in and
> > found the correct driver for my CPRO 120 NIC.
> > It is a effdrv.tar file and in that is a cnetdrv.206 file . So how do I
> > install this driver....step by step please.
> > Thanks !
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