[Preston] IPCop
John
preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Nov 6 22:04:04 2002
Steve,
do you know of anywhere in the Preston area which sells Realtek 8139 10/1=
00
PCI NICs for =A35 ?
Thanks for all your help
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Taylor" <steve@ramsbottom.net>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: RE: [Preston] IPCop
>
> Hi John
>
> > Thanks for replying......
>
> NP
>
> > Netgear 32 Bit PCI 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet FA311
>
> This card is not listed in the Hardware Compatibility list on
www.ipcop.org.
>
>
> > First of all, I had problems creating the actual IPCOP CDROM. I
> > downloaded
> > the 26MB .ISO file from Sourceforge but being fairly new to all this,=
I
> > simply copied it to a CDROM drive using EASY CD CREATOR 5. It didn't
boot
> > (of course) so then I downloaded ISOBuster to extract the
> > directories/files in the ISO image and then copy them to a CDR using
> > Easy CD Creator.
>
> No, that won't work ;-) An ISO image is a ready-made CD. What you need =
to
do
> is write the ISO image directly to the CD without any interference. On
your
> Redhat box, the command would be:
> # cdrecord -data filename.iso
>
> (but if you haven't already got a CD writer working on that machine don=
't
> attempt it yet)
>
> I am certain Adaptec and Nero have the ability to do this... try "Write=
CD
> from Image" or similar.
> If you're still having trouble let me have your address and I'll bung y=
ou
a
> disk in the post.
>
> > Next, I copied the boot image off the IPCop .ISO download to a floppy
and
> > was able to boot from that on the IBM/Cyrix. I tried to get it to
install
> > from CDROM but the CDROM spins but nothing happens. If I eject
> > the CDROM, I am prompted to insert the IPCOP CDROM!!!
>
> It sounds like the loader is looking for something on the CD and not
finding
> it... because of how you created the CD. If your BIOS supports booting
from
> CD-ROM then that is the preferable option.
>
>
> > Next I tried to boot from the floppy disk again (having also created =
the
> > driver diskette). There are no drivers on the driver diskette for
> > my netgear
> > NIC so I copied the FA311.o file to the driver diskette and tried aga=
in.
>
> I'm not sure you can add NIC drivers to the IPCOP installation and I've
> never tried it. If the NIC is not supported by IPCOP then it is safest =
to
> assume it will not work. A Realtek 8139 10/100 PCI NIC can be had for
about
> =A35 + VAT.
>
>
> > The .iso file that I downloaded from sourceforge, am I right in assum=
ing
> > that there is more to it than just copying it out to a CD?
>
> Nope, there is not MORE to it, there is LESS to it. See above.
>
> > (the IPCop documentation is not very clear on burning it out to a CD)
>
> See the CD Writing HOWTO on The Linux Documentation Project (www.tldp.o=
rg)
>
> > . If so, what
> > exactly should appear on the CD after it has been burned if say I wer=
e
> > browsing it using explorer on windows
>
> D:\>dir
> Volume in drive D is CDROM
> Volume Serial Number is D6C0-C112
>
> Directory of D:\
>
> 16/01/2002 21:42 17,992 COPYING
> 16/01/2002 21:42 1,423 README.txt
> 16/01/2002 21:55 <DIR> bin
> 16/01/2002 21:56 <DIR> boot
> 16/01/2002 21:42 <DIR> doc
> 16/01/2002 21:42 <DIR> dosutils
> 16/01/2002 21:56 <DIR> images
> 16/01/2002 21:42 21,908,832 ipcop.tgz
> 16/01/2002 21:42 <DIR> lib
> 3 File(s) 21,928,247 bytes
> 6 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
>
> > or if I did an "ls -l" on Linux?
>
> [root@live cdrom]# ls -l
> total 21427
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2002 bin/
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2002 boot/
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 17992 Jan 16 2002 COPYING*
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2002 doc/
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2002 dosutils/
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2002 images/
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 21908832 Jan 16 2002 ipcop.tgz*
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2002 lib/
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1423 Jan 16 2002 README.txt*
>
>
> > In order to get thr driver for my NIC onto the driver floppy and have
the
> > IPCop install recognise this new driver, what do I have to do?
>
> Use a compatible NIC.
>
> > Once (If?) I finally get IPCop install to recognise my NIC and apply =
the
> > appropriate driver, what do I need to do with the .iso file that I
> > originally downloaded?
>
> Nothing at all.
>
> > I have several other machines on my lan:
> > Windows ME, Windows 98 and a Redhat 7.3 box. Do I need to set up an H=
TTP
> or FTP server
> > on one or other boxes in order to "serve" the ".iso" file? Maybe the
.iso
> > file should be extracted first using ISObuster or winimage perhaps? I=
do
> > have samba installed on the RH 7.3 box and have a shared partition on
the
> > windows ME box of 1.2GB does that help me in any way?
>
> Now I'm confused. It isn't meant to be so difficult :-) I recommend
against
> attempting a network install.
>
> > Would really appreciate any help you can give .....
>
> Feel free to ask for any further clarifications.
>
> Steve
>
>
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