Installing NIC

[Duane Attaway]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Ian Collins wrote:

> I have a NIC that I need to install the drivers for. I am running RH 7
> as a server. How do I go about installing the drivers from a 3.5 drive.
> I will be using the command prompt RH 7 as a sever does not use a GUI. I
> will need pretty detailed instructions because I am new to Linux. I
> chose to run Linux because it is more stable and I can install it on
> multiple servers and workstations without the cost of licensing. If
> anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it.

What is your NIC card?  (Manufacturer, model)  Chances are, you already
have the drivers on your system as part of the kernel modules.  The 
modules are usually located in:

/lib/modules/<the kernel version>/kernel/net

But you can install from a floppy.  It might work.  I would discourage the
use of binary modules not compiled with your kernel.  Results are often 
interesting, but here's what to do:

1) Insert floppy.

2) Mount it: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

3) Install the module: insmod /mnt/floppy/<that-driver's-name.o>

                     ^^^
the part inside the carats <> you must decide what works.

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