Red Hat/Suse Linux - Asus Motherboard DSBF-DE User Manual

6.3.2

Red Hat/SuSE Linux

Follow these instructions when installing the Intel
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Before installing the LAN driver:
Before installing the LAN driver, you must install the kernel development
application. To install the kernel development:
1. Insert the Linux OS installation CD Disk 1 to the optical drive.
2. Double click "Application" > "System setting" > "Add / Remove
application".
3. Select "Kernel Development" from the Development Tools.
4. Follow the later steps and add different CDs according to the instructions
displayed.
Building the driver from the TAR file:
1. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive and mount the
optional drive in the Linux platform.
2. Copy the base driver tar file from the motherboard/system support CD to the
directory of your local hard disk. The name format of driver file is "e1000-
<Version>.tar.gz".
For example: the file name of driver version 7.0.38 is "e1000-7.0.38.tar.gz".
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\Drivers\INTEL 82563EB\PRO1000\LINUX
3. Untar or unzip the archive.
tar zxf e1000-x.x.x.tar.gz
4. Change to the driver src directory.
cd e1000-x.x.x/src/
5. Use the command "makeinstall" to compile the driver module.
makeinstall
6. After reboot the system, please refer to Linux distribution documentation to
configure the network protocol and IP address.
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and SuSE Linux operating system.
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LAN driver for Linux OS is located in:
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LAN controller base driver for
Chapter 6: Driver installation