> The cards have a chip with 82559 on it, which I believe is a re-branded > Intel chip. I have downloaded all the linux drivers for this chipset from > http://www.intel.com and copied them to FDD. The files are .tar.gz which I > think is a compressed file format which (luckily) WinZip opens. The > contents are .c files amongst others which must be the source for the > drivers. > > I have tried "preload modules from floppy" with the files in the root > directory and the /boot dir on the FD. I have also tried driver-1.bin which > failed. I also tried "Configure Device Driver Modules" with the files in > the root dir and /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17-idepci. What am I doing wrong? I > assume I shouldn't need to uncompress the files to the FD as they total some > 5.4Mb! > Hello,
I am affraid that they have to be compiled first. In order to do that, you need an installed Linux distro. Anyone with a 2.2.19pre17 kernel willing to help this guy? Greetz, Sebastiaan
