Newbie Simple Question-> How do I install a NIC driver on Linux FC2?

Fedora Core 2 NIC driver install ethernet card

[cphillips]

I am a complete newbie and I have no Idea what I am doing.

I am trying to get my NIC card driver intalled and I have no Idea how to do it.

Heres my setup:
I have a Dell SC420 with a Broadcom gigabit nic in it.
I am running Fedora Core 2

I downloaded the driver from Broadcom.com, burned it, and I can view the files from the cd-rom drive on my linux box.

I have no Idea how to install the driver.
Can anyone help out a "newbie"?
(Please provide simple step by step instructions, remember I KNOW NOTHING about Linux commands yet)

Thank you!

[StupidScript]

Ahhh ... newbies ... we LOVE 'em! ;)

You downloaded a .ZIP file from Broadcom.
In the extracted archive, there is a little file that will help you out quite a lot.

Look for and read the "Readme.txt" file.

It's all in there.

rpm -ivh something.rpm

is the easiest, but might not be the right approach for your system, depending on how the RPM file was built.

tar -xzvf something.tar.gz

will extract the "source" program files, after which

cd something

to enter the extracted directory and (usually)

./configure

to set up the configuration file for your system, then

make

to make the installation routine according to the configuration, then

su root

to switch to the root user and finally

make install

to install the custom-configured program.

As a note for future installations ... always read the readme file. It just might save your system, one day, and it will definitely make life easier for you as you learn. Have fun!