Re: Ndiswrapper problems

Cat wrote:
> I've just installed Damn Small Linux on an old emachines computer. 334
> Mhz, 32 megs of RAM and a 3.2 gig hard drive. Now I obviously want to
> connect it to our wireless network, and since DSL comes with
> ndiswrapper, I thought I'd test it out with my wifi adapter I use with
> the computer I'm posting this from now. But whenever I try to install
> the driver the computer locks up and wont respond to anything unless I
> restart it. The first time it happened X screwed up and I had to
> reinstall DSL (I'm no Linux guru, so that was the easiest solution for
> me). Which wasn't a big problem, but I just want to get this old
> crap-heap connected to the Internet! Anyone have any ideas on what can
> fix this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Cat
>
What chipset does your wifi adapter have, what is the computer you're
posting from, and how is it configured when it works? You may not need
to use ndiswrapper.

--
-Eric 'shubes'

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