Asus RS160-E4/PA4 - Manual (Page 177)

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7.3.2. Red.Hat/SuSE.Linux
Follow these instructions when installing the Intel ® LAN controller base driver for
the in Red Hat ® and SuSE Linux operating system.
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-
.tar.gz”.
For example: the file name of driver version 7.0.38 is “ e1000-7.0.38.tar.gz”.
• The Intel ® LAN driver for Linux OS is located in:
\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.