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24 4 Installation of the Driver Software
13. To continue the installation, click YES (in Windows XP, click CONTINUE ANYWAY).
The window “Updating System - Scan for New Hardware” is displayed.
14. Click N
EXT to continue the installation.
The menu “SysKonnect Network Installation Package has been successfully installed” is dis-
played.
15. Click F
INISH to exit the installation program.
16. If the system requests a reboot, restart your computer.
The “SysKonnect Network Control” can now be started from the Control Panel window:
S
TART > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSKONNECT NETWORK CONTROL (in Windows XP:
S
TART > CONTROL PANEL > SYSKONNECT NETWORK CONTROL.)
For more information, refer to the corresponding readme file.
Linux
The “sk98lin” driver for the SysKonnect SK-98xx family supports all Linux distributions. The installa-
tion procedure for the various Linux distributions differs. The driver will be integrated into the kernel,
i.e. using the standard installation procedure of your distribution to install Ethernet adapters should
cause no problems. For details on the installation of Ethernet adapters, refer to the distribution’s
manual. The installation procedure described in this manual is a general description, which is valid
for all distributions.
It is recommended to download the latest version of the driver from the SysKonnect web site
www.syskonnect.com
. If you have downloaded the latest driver, the Linux kernel has to be patched
before the driver can be installed.
Patch the Linux kernel To patch the Linux kernel, proceed as follows:
1. Login as “root”.
2. Download the original Linux source code named linux-a.b.c.tar.gz into the directory /usr/src.
The linux kernel version has to match the version of the patch file.
3. Unpack the original Linux source code with the following command:
tar xvzf linux-a.b.c.tar.gz
After the sources have been installed, they can be found in a directory named /usr/src/linux-
a.b.c or /usr/src/linux.
4. Usually, the directory /usr/src/linux is a symbolic link to the target kernel source tree but in some
cases you may need to create it manually with the following command:
cd /usr/src
ln -s linux-a.b.c linux
5. To start the kernel build process, go to the topmost directory in the kernel source tree with the
following command:
cd /usr/src
6. Patch the kernel with the following command:
zcat /patch-location/sk98lin_a_b_c_patch.gz | patch -p0
For initial driver setup, the driver must be installed and then be started manually. After successful in-
stallation, the driver can be included into the system start. The driver can either be integrated into
the kernel or be compiled as a module. Select the appropriate option during kernel configuration.
The installation procedure is described for installing the driver on x86 systems. In addition to install-
ing the driver, standard development tools, e.g. “make”, “gcc”, etc. have to be installed.