coldDeath

Ok thats no problem, firstly you can list you hard drives and see what their names are using this:


Cfdisk is just a menu version of fdisk, and the -l option means "list".

You'll be able to see any hard drives that you have from that list. Look through and find the one that you want to install onto.

Then run this:
Where you change [letter] to the letter fo your harddrive, for example /dev/hda.

Tell me how it goes :-)

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darkone916

Thanks colddeath, that worked for me...
I finally istalled slack... by the way... thank you for the tutorial

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coldDeath

Awesome! :-D

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darkone916

I installed Slack and i really like it.(Thanks colddeath)
Anyway, i have a wireless 3com usb device (3crusb 10075), so i downloaded the Linux driver from their website (linux_3CRUSB10075_drv_1_2_0_0[1].tar.gz). I decompress it and found that it was C source files. I tried to compile them, but i get errors and stuff, can someone please explain to me how to get around this? Cause if i can't get it to work i will be forced to leave Linux because i can't use the internet (which is very annoying)...

Thank you, and sorry if i'm asking for too much. :o

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InfoGeek

Most of the Open Source software that require you to compile from source have a configuration script and a makefile. The configuration script is used to detect libraries and compilers etc. and the makefile is used to compile the source files. I've not used the said driver but i think it uses similar process. If yes, then do the following:

1) Open a terminal window.
2) switch to root user(using the su command).
3) change to the directory where you unzipped the files.
4) type ./configure.
5) type make.
6) follow the on screen instructions(if any).

HTH.

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coldDeath

Yup what he said.

su - ~get root access
cd path/to/download ~go into folder where it is
tar zxvf linux_3CRUSB10075_drv_1_2_0_0[1].tar.gz ~untar it
cd linux_3CRUSB10075_drv_1_2_0_0[1] ~go into the new folder
./configure ~configure the makefile for your PC
make ~compiel the source
make install ~install it
exit ~logout from root

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darkone916

I dunno... but when i type "./configure" it just says:"Command not found". So i just skipped to "make", it looks as if its compiling, but then i get an error...

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teencoder

I have a problem with sound. When I enter alsaconfig it tells me command not found.

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darkone916

I got the same problem too.
What you should do is just type: "alsamixer",
set the volume (press 'm' to un-mute).

I have another problem with sound, my mp3 sounds really bad. I just here the background music but i don't here the words... how can i get around this?

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coldDeath

I think you've changed something on alsamixer, try changing the "balance" slider to the far left or right.

You have to run alsaconfig as root by using the command "su -".

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