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dieseltech 02-24-2008 04:36 PM

new to linux as of 2 hours ago, need help installing drivers for wireless card
 
well im on a windoze machine right now because i have absolutely no clue how to install drivers for my wireless card that is supported for kernal 2.4 and 2.6. on "mandrake 9.1", . its a tar.gz file that i can untar and it brings me to" makefile, apdbg.c, winevl_iface, src, menudbg". I have no clue how to build or install, it come with instructions, but they are written for someone of much higher experience than i have of only 2 hours. i am compleatly lost when it comes to linux, and i hate windows, please help me make this transition a good one,

thanks chris

nirvan5a 02-24-2008 10:11 PM

i think you can try Mandriva 2008 one. it's brilliant. Ubuntu didn't support my some drivers. Mandriva supported my all drives.working well. try mandriva 2008 one.

fair_is_fair 02-25-2008 07:59 AM

It would help if we knew what card.

9.1 is pretty old. Nirvan is right. Your card may work out of box with a newer Distro like Mandriva 007 or 008.

dieseltech 02-26-2008 08:25 AM

its a ZyDAS ZD1211B usb adapter. i know mint and almost all the new distros support it, i just cant get the new distros to install on this old ibm w/500mhz amd k6 3d. so im stuck with 9.1 for now, all i want to do is run airsnort on it for a week of so, then it can go back into storage.

chris

Ixthusdan 02-26-2008 06:21 PM

usb support in 9.1 was a bit poor. You need to get at least 2006.


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