Hi John Thanks a lot. I understood you. Problem now is I need the debian packages which I have to install to have make work. When I get that I will install it and go to work.
Thanks wilson -----Original Message----- From: John B. Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wilson Tuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 7:23 PM Subject: Re: configuration of network card > > >On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Wilson Tuma wrote: > >> Hi Adr. >> >> I am deeply sorry for the tone of my mail. Fact is I was getting frustrated >> that I could not explain myself well to be understood. The fault was mine. > >Oh! Geesh. You sort of misunderstood me... I guess I shouldn't have put >"us people" in quotes like I did. > >> >> I am a neophyte to linux. My system has just the basal files. Currenly ppp >> is working and I can connect directly to the internet and download files. >> What you could really do for me is. >> >> 1. Give me the packages I need to be download install on my computer to be >> able to compile the shell . > >Well, it's not the *shell*, really. It's the kernel you need to recompile >-- Linux itself, the very central core of the operating system. > >Typically it lives in the directory /usr/src/linux . If you don't have >the directory /usr/src/linux with a bunch of files in it, you need to >download the most current version of the Linux kernel via ftp at >ftp.kernel.org -- You probably want the latest 2.0 kernel as the 2.1 >kernels are considered experimental. > >> 2. Outline the process I would need to recompile the shell adding support >> for the new card. > >Okay -- > >You cd to /usr/src/linux (or if you don't have that, you get the linux >kernel like I said above, put that file in /usr/src, and untar it). > >You su to root. > >You type "make menuconfig". > >This brings up a big menu filled with options for tuning your kernel. It >is advisable that you look through *all* of the options to see what you >might need (it is highly machine dependent, so I can't tell you exactly >what you'll need). > >The option I told you about is in the category "Network Device Support", >click the box labeled "3COM Cards" and then pick the one that corresponds >to your card -- the 3c900 series, right? > >After you're done with your kernel config, save it and then from the >prompt type: > >make modules; make modules_install; make dep; make zImage > >You can put that all on one line like I did or you can type in the >commands one after another -- it doesn't matter. > >After your machine is done making the kernel the new kernel will be in >/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot and be called "zImage". You want to tell >lilo (the Linux Loader) where to find the new kernel; usually what I do is >move it to the very top directory (like /vmlinuz-2.0.34) and put an entry >in /etc/lilo.conf for the kernel, reload lilo, and then reboot. > >That'll do it. > >If you're still confused, you might want to think about reading either the >Debian documentation at http://www.debian.org or trying the Linux >Documentation Project at http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw . > >Don't worry about being frustrated -- we all start out like that. > >Good luck! > >- adr >
