Networking :: install zipped driver

HOW TO TRANSFER FILE
1. Boot DSL and launch Emelfm.

2. Insert the floppy disk into the floppy drive

3. Emelfm have two windows. On any from the two windows, browser inside /mnt folder (/mnt it is on top-level). Where you must find a directory, frequently is the /hda1 folder (but can be different, for example hda2, hda3...hdaN).
If hda1, select hda1 folder and click on rightbutton, and click on "mount". So /mnt/hda1 folder literally became the Windows partition present on you hard disk and you can browser it, read it and write it from DSL.
Therefore after do "mount" you can browser to Windows directory where you want to copy the README file. Next, pass to 4 step.

4. On the other window of Emelfm, select /floppy folder (/floppy it is on top-level) and click on rightbutton, and click "mount". So /floppy folder literally became the floppy disk present into the floppy drive and you will can browser it, read it and write it from DSL. Therefore, browser inside /floppy and select the README file.
One time there, click button COPY (The button it is between the two windows on Emelfm). So the README file is transfered from /floppy folder to /mnt/hda1 folder. That is equivalent to say, what the file README is transfered from floppy disk to hard disk.

NOTE: If you do not understand the mount concept, read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_point
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Remember that i want to know how is labeled the drive from which you boot DSL for testing. Is sda1, sda2...or sdb1 sdb2..?

Piccolo
Wondering if you received the email that i sent to you yesterday?

Yes, i have responded 2 hour ago. I sent it again now.

I realised that a 64mb drive would not be adequate so I switched to a 512mb PNY thumb drive and copied all 5 pertinent files to home/dsl as follows

1 dsl-dpkg.dsl
2 gcc1.dsl
3 gnu-utils.dsl
4 Bz2 kernel [is 23mb whereas you mentioned 32mb ???]
5 The linksys driver file

When i try the mydsl-load command on items 1,2 and 3 i get the message cannot allocate color

When i try the bzip2 command i get the message old option f requires an argument. HELP THANKS

The "cannot allocate color" message is not a problem. I believe .dsl files was installed.
Can check it by doing the command:

gcc --help

If responds with a long message (the help for that command): alright!.

Respect to bzip, try again with this:

cd /home/dsl
bzip2 -dc linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -

Question: Now DSL boot from 512mb PNY thumb drive?

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