i have a intel dg33fb motherboard whose network card is not being identified by ubuntu feisty fawn kernel 2.6.20-15 generic.so how can i
update the kernel to 2.6.22-9 without being able to connect to the net?

In my previous thread about updating kernel without being able to
connect to net i forgot to mention that i have xp also installed.
so can i download kernel update from windows and then run on ubuntu?

You *could* have jusr edited the original post. Or added a second post
to the same thread. I merged them. No need for two of those diverting
energy ....



Cheers,
Tink

You can just download a kernel from kernel.org and compile the kernel from scratch, google for a tutorial

Assuming that from Ubuntu you can access your Windows drive(s), simply download it in Windows, copy it over to the Linux drive (When booted into it), then go from there. Ubuntu should be able to read NTFS right off.

Although, what kind of a card is it, wired, or wireless?

Just to be clear... you'd visit the repo with a browser in windows and download the deb file for your version of Ubuntu.

The other approach, of course, is to borrow a dailup modem or buy a cheap network card.

How come you're unable to connect to the net from
Ubuntu on the same machine when windows can? What
network hardware are you using?


Cheers,
Tink

according to the specs that board has the following NIC..

From the looks of things it requires the typical Intel Pro 1000 driver (e1000 module if I recall), which is either not being loaded automatically or he needs a newer version that what is on his system.

modprobe e1000

Is the card listed properly when you use lspci ? if not you may need to update the pci.ids file as well so the interface is detected properly..

i ran lpsci but it gives intel corporation unknown device
pciids could not be updated as i cannot connect to net
the I installed the backports modules on windows and ran the commands on my ubuntu(2.6.20-15)

sudo dpkg -i linux-backports-modules-2.6.20-16-generic_2.6.20-16.11_i386.deb
sudo modprobe e1000_ich9

but the following error messages were displayed

dpkg:error processing linux -backports-modules-2.6.20-16-generic-2.6.20-16.11_i386.deb(--install):
cannot access archive:no such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.20-16-generic_2.6.20-16.11_i386.deb

I think that pretty much spells it out.

Probably you can just double-click the icon... did you try that?
Otherwise, check that the working directory is the same as the place where the deb file resides, and check that you spelled the name of the deb file correctly.

[QUOTE=Simon Bridge;2893639]
Probably you can just double-click the icon... did you try that?
Otherwise, check that the working directory is the same as the place where the deb file resides, and check that you spelled the name of the deb file correctly.[/QUOTE

When I double click icon it gives a error message and the install package is grayed out.
i think that i ran the command correctly.
what other options left?

If windows is on the box, and the NIC works in Windows. why not download the pciids file to a floppy or usb flash drive, then boot into Linux and replace it...