This one time, at band camp, Carl Fenley said: > I have installed Debian three times previously, but I've always been able to > install from the internet using 'compact' floppy kernel. Well, I don't know > of ANY linux distribution that has a ready-to-use driver for the 3Com > 3CR990-TX-97 server-class NIC, but 3Com offers the source code and a '.h' > file for download. > > Following the compile instructions in the README file, I notice the > command-line calls for something from '/usr/src/linux/include', which does > not exist on my system. I have downloaded and decompressed the 2.2.19 > kernel source beneath '/usr/src'. Is it acceptable to replace the 'linux' > directory with the 'kernel-source-2.2.19' directory in the gcc command-line? > > The README compile instructions also call for the use of > '/usr/include/linux/modversions.h' in the command-line options, and although > that path does exist on my system; there is no such file as modversions.h on > my system. If it is looking for /usr/src/linux/, give it to it: ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/ /usr/src/linux That or rename the kernel tree. I think that modversions.h is generated after a successful kernel compile, although I'm not sure. HTH, Steve -- At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.
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