As far as the netgear card, you don't have to compile in a new driver there are two drivers standard in linux that will drive that card. You can use the wlan_cs driver or the orinoco driver to use the card. I found that the orinoco driver works best with the Netgear card. To use the card you just need to edit a file in the /etc/pcmcia directory called config. Take a look at this thread for more clues:
http://www.trilug.org/mailman/htdig/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20020819/009829.html Of course this won't answer your compiling and source questions, but may help the root problem. On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 22:09, Dr. David Johnson wrote: > Hi gang, this is David Johnson, a long-time Linux fan and dabbler, > I'm nowhere near an expert but have been playing with Slackware > and RedHat for several years. Lately I've been working with Mandrake > 9.1 and want to get a Netgear MA401 wireless NIC playing on my > Toshiba 325CDS laptop. Netgear provided driver for Redhat 7.3 and > I hope this works for Mandrake. Seems like a lot of steps. First > I found I needed source code for the kernel on my machine. > Hey no problem I used the Mandrake RPM manager to install the > kernel sources, and confirmed the path so I could specify this > correctly in the the make config for the wireless card driver. > But I found it also needed the sources for the pcmcia drivers. > I did already install this package from the RPM manager, but I > don't think (or don't know) this also gave me the sources. > > I think my question is this (oops many questions): > > How can I get the sources out of the RPM file? > Is it possible to extract the sources from any RPM file? > > How can I be sure to know the path of the sources when I do > extract them to my system? > > Ahhh, seems I am so close, I really want to try this driver! > > Don't get mad at me, I do use Winblows since I get paid to > support that stuff (euphemism) but I love playing with, and > learning, Linux. Please help! Maybe I need a different NIC > but I am determined to try everything that's available to get > this Netgear card going if at all possible! (Would be a shame > if it could only be used with Win system!) > > I'm looking forward to the TriLUG meeting this month, my first > time to join you at the meetings! Had the pleasure to meet some > of you at the Durhamfest. > > Well, no doubt I could give a lot more tech details on my > Qs above, but if you need it to provide a specific answer please > let me know what details you need. > > I like Mandrake as a general distro, but am also playing with > minimal distros for older systems, and networking boot disks > like Barts Boot Floppy and Freesco. Those things ROCK. > > Are there others interested in using older machines to make > things happen in a dedicated and efficient way, when there is > no requirement for the cutting edge? > > I'm a ham radio operator and interested in TCP/IP over radio. > Anyone else into that? > > Oh I've got a Samba question... I will send separate message > on that, since I've already started a tome... > > THANKS gang, > > David > ARS WA4NID > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html -- David A. Cafaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sys Admin to User: "You did what?!?" _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
