In case it helps:
Finding information in the minitar forums is tricky, but it can be done.
Here's my installation procedure for Gentoo, that i wrote for myself so as not to forget what i worked out:
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Installing rt2400 without X
kernel 2.4.20-gentoo-r6 GRP install
emerge wireless-tools
Download
From
http://www.minitar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=355
rt2400_linux-1.1.0-kmalloc.patch
rt2400_linux-1.1.0-setssid.patch
From
http://www.minitar.com/index.php?maincat=download
rt2400_linux-1.1.0.tgz.gz
unpack source rt2400_linux-1.1.0.tgz.gz
patch the source with something like "patch -p0 < ./rt2400...............patch"
kmalloc
setessid
build module source in the Module directory
./Configure
make
make install
Adjust modules.conf
add "alias ra0 rt2400" to a file in /etc/modules.d/
run modules-update
Add this to /etc/conf.d/local.start:
Code:
echo "Starting Ra0 Connection..."
ifconfig ra0 down
ifconfig ra0 up
ifconfig ra0 192.168.1.69
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 ESSID YourEssid
# /usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 ap 00:04:ED:04:1B:FF
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 channel 1
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 mode managed
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 rts 2312
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 frag 2312
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 rate auto
# /usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 key [1] 85C473**** restricted
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 key off
route add default gw 192.168.1.254 ra0
Notes:
Ignore such things as /etc/conf.d/net and rc-update add net.ra0
setting the AP gives the same error setting the ESSID was prone to, so it's commented out.
The utility may be useful to set the card, then run iwconfig, to see what settings to put into the above iwconfig calls at startup. I knew the settings from a previous redhat install.
There may of course be an easier way to do this, or a way that fits better with gentoo's conf.d/net. It's nice to know it's possible however.
All the above files fit easily on a floppy.
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That was for gentoo. I still have no idea about 2.6 kernels.
For Redhat:
I have installed and had the card working happily, after patching, in Redhat, prior to moving to Gentoo. I had much troubles before patching. The redhat instructions work, though the Utility thing is very annoying and can be (sort of) ignored as above.
To use a variant of my above in Redhat is even easier:
rpm -ivh (whatever rpm package has wireless tools)
The modules should be set up automatically by the "make install"
The script to edit is (from memory) /etc/init.d/rc.local instead of /etc/conf.d/local.start
There may be redundancy between ifcfg-ra0 and rc.local with that script.
It's all excessively complicated. I learned a lot about linux trying to get these rather dodgy drivers working.