kernel module placement Q:

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 17 April 2006 07:50, Claude Jones wrote:
>On Mon April 17 2006 12:49 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> specifically, I've downloaded the
>>
>> kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5-2.1.26-0.rr.10.5.i686.ko
>>
>> So that I might be able to mount the ntfs XP partition and find the
>> driver this Broadcom BCM4318 radio uses and drag it over for linux
>> to use.
>>
>> So 3 questions.
>> 1. That seems like an awfully long name for what should be ntfs.ko
>> So what do I name it?
>>
>> 2. The FC5 /lib/modules/version/kernel tree has lots more places to
>> hide things so I haven't the foggiest what I should name it, or
>> where I should but it.  And I assume I should do a depmod -a version
>> when I do move it in.
>> So where do I put it?
>
>Maybe you're over-complicating matters:
>yum install kernel-module-ntfs-$(uname -r)
>Make sure you have the Livna repo configured and enabled before you
> run that command. This should download the ntfs driver and kernel
> module appropriate to your system and install everything. It should
> also configure it to be loaded automatically when you boot...
> Usually, this just works. The livna page
> http://rpm.livna.org/kernel-modules.html has more help for other
> situations.
>Can't speak to your question about whether the Windows driver on your
> machine is 64 bit, and if so, whether it will work - maybe you'll
> just have to try it, or maybe someone else already has and will chime
> in.

I did find both the ntfs module (its now named kmod, not kernel-module), 
and got it, also the ndiswrapper rpm, which I'll use rather than the 
tarball I've already built and installed.

But the $32 question is how do I make yum work with livna?

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>Claude Jones
>Bluemont, VA, USA

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