Multi-Tech Systems ISI5634PCI/4/8 manual LINUX Copying the driver from the media

Chapter 3—Software/Driver Installation

issued from time to time.

The 'make' utility, GNU C compiler, and the kernel sources need to be installed on your system. If any of these are missing, the compilation will fail. Most later Linux OSs install these elements automatically .

LINUX: Copying the driver from the media

The Linux drivers (2.0 and 2.2/2.4 kernels) are shipped in compressed (‘tarred’) form on a CD-ROM formatted with the FAT file system. In some cases, users may download Linux ISI drivers from the MultiTech web site onto diskette (in ext2 format). We present instructions for both situations below.

LINUX: Copying and untarring the driver from CD-ROM

1.Mount the CD-ROM using this command: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

2.Change directory

cd /mnt/cdrom

3.List the files on the CD-ROM and locate the directory for the kernel in use (2.0 or 2.2/2.4), using this command

ls

4.Untar the appropriate Linux driver using this command: > tar vxf {filename}/tmp

At this writing, the filename will be either L300_20X.TAR or

L305_22X_24X.TAR.

LINUX: Copying and untarring the driver from a floppy

The ISI driver .tar file can be copied from a DOS formatted floppy using the 'mcopy' command if the 'mtools' have been installed. Issue 'mcopy a:isilinux.tar <destination folder>' to copy the isilinux.tar ( or current driver name) file to the destination folder. As an alternative, the floppy can be manually mounted and the file copied to the required destination folder.

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