Installation



INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

In order to install the CoopMAC driver in your computer (under Linux Red Hat 9), you have to follow these steps:

Step 1:

  1. Install Linux with the kernel source.
  2. Login as root.
  3. If using X-window start a terminal.

Step 2:

  1. Goto kernel source directory (eg.: /usr/src/linux-current kernel version).
  2. Use the command make mrproper.
  3. Use the command make xconfig.

xconfig

Step 3:

  1. As shown in figure, select a category to configure by clicking on it. Within each category are components. Select y (yes), m (module), or n (no) beside the component to compile it into the kernel, compile it as a kernel module, or not compile it. To learn more about the component, click the Help button beside it.

  2. Now goto Network device support >> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) and enable Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) only

  3. Click Main Menu to return to the categories list.

  4. After finishing the configuration, click the Save and Exit button in the main menu window to create the configuration file /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config and exit the Linux Kernel Configuration program.

Step 4:

  1. Use the command make dep to set up the dependencies correctly.

  2. Use the command make clean to prepare the source tree for the build.

  3. Build the kernel with make bzImage.

  4. Build any modules configured with make modules.

  5. Use the command make modules_install to install the kernel modules (even if nothing was actually built). Notice the underscore (_) in the command. This installs the kernel modules into the directory path /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers (where KERNELVERSION is the version specified in the Makefile).

  6. Use make install to copy the new kernel and its associated files to the proper directories. In addition to installing the kernel files in the /boot directory, this command also executes the /sbin/new-kernel-pkg script that builds a new initrd image and adds new entries to the boot loader configuration file.

  7. Now check file /boot/grub/grub.conf for the entry of new custom kernel.

  8. Change root=label/ with root=/dev/hdaX, where X is the number of your root partition.

  9. Now reboot.

  10. In boot loader (GRUB) you can now find custom kernel entry select that and boot. Hopefully it should boot with few errors maybe.

  11. Install Wireless tools by just make install.

  12. Install CoopMAC driver by make followed by make install.