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I am complete beginner to Linux (I have NO idea what I am doing).
I am trying to install the driver I downloaded for my nic.
Background Info:
I have a DELL SC420 with Fedora Core 2 installed (no other OS). Fedora Core 2 installed no problem, but its not recognizing my NIC. Found online this is a typical problem, I need to download driver from broadcom. I did burned it to cd, copied it to my Linux box and tried the following:
4. Install - TAR archive
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BASP for Linux is shipped in mixed forms, where the platform and
kernel specific files are in source code, and the core file is in
object form. Three packages are shipped in this release: two tar
archives and two RPM package.
"basplnx-{version}.i386.tgz" is the tar archive for i386 platform,
"basplnx-{version}.ia64.tgz" is the tar archive for IA-64 platform,
"basplnx-{version}.x86_64.tgz" is the tar archive for AMD 64 bit platform.
To uncompress and expand the tar archive, run
% tar xvfz basplnx-{version}.{arch}.tgz
The installation process involves the following steps:
(1) To build kernel module, "basp.o" or "basp.ko" on 2.6 kernels,
% make
Note that the Make process will automatically build the correct
module for different kernel options, e.g. symbol versioning and
SMP support. There is NO need to define -DMODVERSIONS in the
Makefile.
(2) To create device file and to copy files,
% make install
(3) To update the module reference,
% depmod -a
(4) To load the driver,
% insmod basp
(5) Follow the "Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distribution"
section to set up the teams.
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When I got to Step 3 "depmod -a" it said invalid file name or somthing like that.
I have no idea what I am doing, and if someone could respond with a "Idiot proof" step by step guide how to install and configure a nic driver, I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Thanks for your time
