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Old 02-10-2008, 07:33 PM   #1
dracahn
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Installing a DWL G-120 USB wireless Internet Adapter


I am running a version of Linux Live and have install it on my computer. I am currently using the Windows System to run my internet and need help installing the driver in the Linux side of the OS. How can I get the driver to work. I have the CD with me, but it will not install the driver off the CD. Is there anything I can get that will allow me to run Windows CD's or run .exe programs? Or if there are any other suggestion, please help.
 
Old 02-10-2008, 08:29 PM   #2
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Is there anything I can get that will allow me to run Windows CD's or run .exe programs? Or if there are any other suggestion, please help.
I can only guess that you are trying to install the Windows driver for your wireless adapter using ndiswrapper. Firstly, you need to install the Windows driver on a Windows machine. Then you need to examine the properties page for the driver and determine the name of the .sys file. There will also be a corresponding .inf file. You may need to grep the files in "%SYSTEMROOT%\inf" to find the .inf file with the .sys file name in it. Once you find the pair, you will need to copy them somewhere that you can access them from Linux.

Once you have the .inf and .sys file together, you will need to run ndiswrapper. Please read the ndiswrapper documentation for how to do this properly.
 
  


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