Re: configuration of network card
Hi John
Thanks a lot. I understood you. Problem now is I need the debian packages
which I have to install to have make work. When I get that I will install it
and go to work.
Thanks wilson
-----Original Message-----
From: John B. Fink <jbfink@adler.lib.muohio.edu>
To: Wilson Tuma <wilson@fpvc.com>
Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: configuration of network card
>
>
>On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Wilson Tuma wrote:
>
>> Hi Adr.
>>
>> I am deeply sorry for the tone of my mail. Fact is I was getting
frustrated
>> that I could not explain myself well to be understood. The fault was
mine.
>
>Oh! Geesh. You sort of misunderstood me... I guess I shouldn't have put
>"us people" in quotes like I did.
>
>>
>> I am a neophyte to linux. My system has just the basal files. Currenly
ppp
>> is working and I can connect directly to the internet and download files.
>> What you could really do for me is.
>>
>> 1. Give me the packages I need to be download install on my computer to
be
>> able to compile the shell .
>
>Well, it's not the *shell*, really. It's the kernel you need to recompile
>-- Linux itself, the very central core of the operating system.
>
>Typically it lives in the directory /usr/src/linux . If you don't have
>the directory /usr/src/linux with a bunch of files in it, you need to
>download the most current version of the Linux kernel via ftp at
>ftp.kernel.org -- You probably want the latest 2.0 kernel as the 2.1
>kernels are considered experimental.
>
>> 2. Outline the process I would need to recompile the shell adding support
>> for the new card.
>
>Okay --
>
>You cd to /usr/src/linux (or if you don't have that, you get the linux
>kernel like I said above, put that file in /usr/src, and untar it).
>
>You su to root.
>
>You type "make menuconfig".
>
>This brings up a big menu filled with options for tuning your kernel. It
>is advisable that you look through *all* of the options to see what you
>might need (it is highly machine dependent, so I can't tell you exactly
>what you'll need).
>
>The option I told you about is in the category "Network Device Support",
>click the box labeled "3COM Cards" and then pick the one that corresponds
>to your card -- the 3c900 series, right?
>
>After you're done with your kernel config, save it and then from the
>prompt type:
>
>make modules; make modules_install; make dep; make zImage
>
>You can put that all on one line like I did or you can type in the
>commands one after another -- it doesn't matter.
>
>After your machine is done making the kernel the new kernel will be in
>/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot and be called "zImage". You want to tell
>lilo (the Linux Loader) where to find the new kernel; usually what I do is
>move it to the very top directory (like /vmlinuz-2.0.34) and put an entry
>in /etc/lilo.conf for the kernel, reload lilo, and then reboot.
>
>That'll do it.
>
>If you're still confused, you might want to think about reading either the
>Debian documentation at http://www.debian.org or trying the Linux
>Documentation Project at http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw .
>
>Don't worry about being frustrated -- we all start out like that.
>
>Good luck!
>
>- adr
>
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