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Topic: IPW2100 version?, need to know for firmware.

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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,01:22

what version of the ipw2100 driver is in DSL 0.8.

when i try to insmod it, it says i don't have the appropriate firmware.

Soooo, I need to know the version of the driver so that i can download the appropriate firmware update.

anyway thanks.

-J.P.
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Posted: Aug. 31 2004,01:56

My guess is that the version is the one from the knoppix 3.4 5-17-2004 version, but John & co can confirm this.

If so, this informatin may be of help:

http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/Bugs/3.4-2004-05-17

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Posted: Sep. 01 2004,00:49

Confirmed.

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Posted: Sep. 01 2004,03:46

okies, i have downloaded the appropriate firmware

BUT,

the approriate directory to copy it to (/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware) doesn't exist, and, since DSL uses a read only filesystem, it won't let me create the dir, or symlink it to another directory.

any advice?

damn, I'm writing in order to answer questions, then I ask a (what will probably end up being a really dumb) question.

-J.P.
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Posted: Sep. 01 2004,03:55

Install any *.dsl package.

It will create a writable "/usr" structure in your ramdisk (need enough RAM. 96MB is OK. You can probably get away with 64MB if you install a small size *.dsl package)

Then copy your driver to the appropriate destination as user 'root'

If everything checks out OK, you can tar it up into a nice .dsl package for future use and even burn it to the root of your CD-R disk if you want automatic installation.

But first you need to get the thing working...

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