Netgear FA311 card is not recognized

[rguilmette]

Hi,
I'm just starting out with Mandrake 7.2 and would like to
be able to access the web within linux. I have tried
to run MAKE and MAKE INSTALL on the linux files that came
with my installation disk. Both methods fail. Is there
a precompiled driver I could download? If so, how do I
install it?

My linux partition is running nicely and I am enjoying
the Non-Microsoft experience. Any help and/or tips would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Ronald Guilmette
rguilmette1@mediaone.net

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

That card uses the national semiconductor DP83815 chip and the driver you would need would be :

/lib/modules/2.4.6/kernel/drivers/net/natsemi.o (where 2.4.6 is your current kernel).

See -->

http://www.scyld.com/network/ethercard.html

If the driver is there you should just be able to load it using /sbin/modprobe or /sbin/insmod. If not, my approach would be to compile a new kernel with support for that driver - either modular or built-in.

To do a new kernel :

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.7.tar.bz2
Download the above file into /usr/src/
[do these commands]
cd /usr/src/
bunzip2 linux-2.4.7.tar.bz2
tar xvf linux-2.4.7.tar
mv linux linux-2.4.7
ln -sf linux-2.4.7 linux
cd /usr/src/linux
make xconfig (assuming you are in X)
[ configure what you need and save new config]
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.7

(Assuming you don't need an initrd image here)

Then edit /etc/lilo.conf and <add> a block like :

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7
label=linux247
root=/dev/hda1 [<-- your linux partition]
read-only

Then do /sbin/lilo to create an updated binary boot record and reboot!

Hope this helps