I've installed Debian Sarge with the cd that I downloaded a couple of weaks ago. I installed it with the 2.4.27 kernel, the 2.4.27-1-386 to be exactly. But now I've to link the kernel headers to install ndiswrapper (see headersthis page: nr.3). But with dselect I can only select the headers for 2.4.27-2-386 and I heared that I can't use this cause I've the 2.4.27-1-386 version of the kernel. What should I do now? Rebuild the kernel? Use the kernel headers from 2.4.27-2-386?
And could also someone explain what packeges I also need to install, cause that manual said also things about a compiled kernel source or kernel images. and the headers (I know where to find those).
Thank you
Ruben

Oh, I forgot to ask if a downloading a new cd would help. Does the new ones have a newer kernel than the 2.4.27-1-386? Does they have the same as the dselect provides?
Thanks
Ruben

HOWTO install Debian with the net-installer-rc2
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=261506

will explain the kernel-image switch

Well, installing debian isn't the problem. I just want to know how I can solve this prob I explained in my first post of this topic.

"Well, installing debian isn't the problem. I just want to know how I can solve this prob I explained in my first post of this topic"

<macondo shakes his head>
In the article, after the installation, before you install the packages, you are directed to do a:

#apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade

this will upgrade base packages including the kernel to kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386

reboot and that's it.

Now, you can also install the same kernel-image with the flag 686 if you use an intel processor (P2, P3, P4) or the flag k7 if you use AMD and thus, you will optimize the kernel according to your processor, use 'apt-cache search kernel-image' to see what's available.

Of course, you wouldn't know this if you haven't read the article.

Sorry, I just saw that it was about the installation of dabian so I thougt it wasn't usefull for me. Sorry again and realy thanks for your help, I'll try it when I've the time for it

I now have kernel 2.4.27-2-686. I also installed the headers for that kernel.
To link the kernel (see first post) I did:
# ln -s /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-686 /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-686/build
but it still gives a couple of errors when doing
# modprobe ndiswrapper
It looks like this:
What am I doing wrong whit linking the files? cause I think that's the problem.

EDIT: this problem stills shows up when I link the things with:
# ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.27 /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-686/build
I used the kernel source supplied with dselect. Dselect says that it's version is 2.4.27-8. When I checked this I also saw that package kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-686 had the version 2.4.27-7 (what I think is pretty weird cause the package name says that it's version 2.4.27-2)

I've no errors anymore when doing:
#modprobe ndiswrapper
but when do
# iwconfig wlan0 essid mylan
(step 12 of the manual) it gives this error:
and when doing:
# iwlist wlan0 scan
(step 13 of the manual) it gives this error:
What can I do about it?
Thanks
Ruben

EDIT: I forgot to say that ndiswrapper gives no errors, when doing
# ndiswrapper -l
it just lists this:
Maybe you need it, don't know.