How to Install under Linux

Details: __________
Background:  "make config" is a routine in Linux that lets you configure
all the components that you want to have compiled into the Kernel.  This
entire procedure consists of about 11 steps.

make mrproper
make config OR make menuconfig OR make xmenuconfig (s.th. like that)
make clean
make dep
make install
... etc.

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Procedure:  Did the customer "extract" or "decompress" the driver??
If not, here's what he/she needs to do (see --

1. Login as root user. Using the cp command to copy the "lin8029.tar"
      files from the drivers' diskette into the Linux directory.
      # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
      # cp /mnt/linux/lin8029.tar /

   2. Extract drivers from the "lin8029.tar" file.
      # cd /
      # tar -xvf lin8029.tar

   3. To include networking and DE-528 support in your kernel:
      # cd /usr/src/linux
      # make config (answer yes on CONFIG_NET and CONFIG_INET and Realtek)
         a. "Network device support?"  ------> y
         b. When system prompts "Realtek cards?", answer 'y'.
         c. Then answer 'y' to the "RTL8029 support" item.
      # make clean
      # make depend
      # make zlilo (or whatever magic you usually do)

   4. Do "sync" and reboot the new kernel with a DE-528 adapter
      connected.


Step 1: a) mounts the floppy that the file is on; b) copies the file to the
hard drive
Step 2: extracts the driver

NOTE:  the actual driver should be copied to a directory under
/usr/src/linux, but I'm not sure which exact sub-directory it needs to go
to... possibly /usr/src/linux/net/ethernet --

Step 3: a) change directory to ...; b) they really should use "make
menuconfig", it's much easier; the rest just follow verbatim except for
"make depend" -- with Linux 4.0-5.1 the command should be "make dep"

BTW: "sync" just copies whatever file info was buffered to hard drive
before you reboot.

Detlev