Bennyland this server is running in my bedroom – benny’s learning how to run a linux server

Installing P5KPL-CM network drivers on CentOS 5.4

Once CentOS was installed, the first thing I had to do to make the server useful was to build and install the network drivers for myASUS P5KPL-CM Motherboard.  Here's how to do it:

First, you're going to need the LinuxDrivers zip file.  You'll need to unzip and then unrar l1e-l2e-linux-v1.0.0.4.rar (found in the LinuxDrivers/L1e_Lan directory in the zip).  I had to do this on my Windows PC since I couldn't install unrar on the server (no network, remember?)

Once you're transfered the contents of l1e-l2e-linux-v1.0.0.4.rar to the server, follow these steps: