Ndiswrapper problems

[Scott]

Cat,

What version of DSL? What wifi adapter: make, model, bus type?  What 
version of ndiswrapper?

-Scott

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
>
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