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webs05

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Posted: Aug. 15 2006,20:53

I need to add the drivers for a Dell NIC built into the motherboard. I believe the driver it needs is for an Intel Pro/100 VE NIC. I have looked through this forum and found remastering information, but I was wonder how to specifically add the drivers for a NIC. As in what folder etc... Obviously I am a noob, but I do understand the basics of Linux, and I have remastered Boothbox, which is what I am working with. The only information or help I can find from Boothbox, is to come here.

Sorry if I drain your patience, but I need to get Booth working on the Dell computers where I work, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Posted: Aug. 16 2006,02:17

Search came up with: http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....9;st=15
You could always try to compile your the latest driver from the official site.

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Posted: Aug. 16 2006,02:28

Thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately the problem for me is not where do I get the drivers. I can get them no problem. The problem I am having is "How to compile the drivers (or add them) to the kernel." This is something I have never done before, so I know nothing about it. The remastering of Boothbox that I did resulted in editing some config files.

And with Boothbox, it seems to only look at eth0, so if I add a NIC into the PCI slot, it does me no good, because it it doesn't care about any other connection. Consequently I tried putting in a 3com card since they have good compatibility with Boothbox. So I have really little way of getting out of the fact I have to compile the kernel with the driver.

So if anyone has enough patience to teach me that would be amazing.

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Posted: Aug. 16 2006,16:13

... why not first try the precompiled ones that are already in the distro?
That's what the forum link was for.

You could try to compile them if that doesn't work.

webs05

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Posted: Aug. 16 2006,17:31

The problem is that Boothbox is a little different than DSL. Once Boothbox boots up, you essentially have access to nothing. So the NIC driver is loaded when everything is loaded up in the beginning. Once it has booted, the only thing you can do is browse the internet on Mozilla Firefox. You have no access to the desktop, shells, or any other applications.

This is because the purpose of Boothbox is to be a Web Kiosk, so everything is locked down, so that the kiosk can safely browse the internet. So I have to learn how to compile to fix the problem. These machines have to be self-sustaining in a way.

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