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| Author: | lonegeek [ Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Installing Drivers from a CD |
If i try to install my ethernet drivers from a cd it says it cant because its read only....HOw can i copy to my pc so i can install them? cd drive is /dev/hdc right?? Because i cant seem to find the cd drive now |
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| Author: | cesman [ Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:58 pm ] |
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This post is very vague. I'm assuming to cd to /mnt/cdrom, ./configure && make && make install (or something like that). Of course this isn't going to work, you'll need to copy the "driver" on to the hard drive. |
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| Author: | lonegeek [ Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:59 pm ] |
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how do i copy files from cd to the hard drive? |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:39 pm ] |
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Mount the CD and use the normal Unix commands. This assumes that: 1) You know which device the CD is or your /et/fstab is set up correctly. Your boot log "/var/log/dmesg" will tell you where it was detected. If it's an IDE/PATA optical drive try: Code: grep hd /var/log/dmesg
2) You know how to use at least basic Unix commands like ls and cp (for more details "man ls" or "man cp" ) 3) You're not doing something utterly off target like trying to install MS-Windows drivers. (Firmware which gets loaded into a PVR card is a different matter.) However you haven't given us much detail to work with. "How do I wash the moon" may be a perfectly reasonable question given enough context, but your questions lack enough context for us to do more than guess what answer you're looking for. |
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| Author: | lonegeek [ Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:11 pm ] |
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Okay..I did mount /cdrom then i did su then put in admin password then i did cd /cdrom then ls i see video card driver XGIPKG_Xorg_i386.tgz How do i install it? |
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| Author: | cesman [ Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:29 pm ] |
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We've gone from ethernet driver to video card driver. What are you trying to do? Perhaps some hardware details would be helpful. While your system may include drivers, you may not need them. Again posting hardware details would be helpful. |
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| Author: | lonegeek [ Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:33 pm ] |
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SOrry.... It looks like im gonna just use suse 9.2 I guess it has drivers for my video card included..From what i can tell the video card drivers are very picky on what kernel to use....while i could compile my own....Im no where near comfortable doing so |
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| Author: | cecil [ Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:42 pm ] |
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Again you are being vague. If you want help, what hardware do you have? Else good luck w/ SUSE. |
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