PCMCIA beta drivers for Intel Pro/Wireless

[Darkelve]

Hi board B)

 

I used Knoppix to test how the HW from my dad's laptop would hold up. He said he'd be interested in trying out Linux on this machine. Of course, a demonstration would not be complete without a tour of the networking capabilities of Linux.

 

Now it connects to a wireless access point, via its PCMCIA card (Intel Pro/Wireless 2011b). Luckily (beta)-drivers for this card have recently appeared.

 

See: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourri...tml#Spectrum24t

 

Now my question is:

 

(how) can I load these and activate the card when Knoppix is loaded?

 

Some additional info: when Knoppix tries to load the card, it gives a beep, says it used the 'Orinoco' module and then it tells it failed. I believe to have read somewhere the beep is a good sign.

 

I'm guessing instead of this module the beta driver has to be loaded, but how?

 

 

 

Tx,

 

 

Darkelve

[Darkelve]

mmkay, think I'll try this first:

 

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=5494

 

it was there all the time

 

:woops:

 

now I'm a little embarassed... :unsure:

 

 

What do I best put the drivers on? Windows partition? Floppy disk?

Edited January 4, 2004 by Darkelve

[DragonMage]

Windows partition (preferably FAT32 partition) is best since it has plenty of space and you can read and write to it, so uncompressing, compiling, should be no problem.

 

Hmm.. compiling.. I am not sure whether knoppix have the necessary files to compile stuff. Usually, kernel source is required.