Bennyland » linux drivers http://blog.bennyland.com this server is running in my bedroom - benny’s learning how to run a linux server Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:41:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Installing P5KPL-CM network drivers on CentOS 5.4 http://blog.bennyland.com/2010/01/18/installing-p5kpl-cm-network-drivers-on-centos-5-4/ http://blog.bennyland.com/2010/01/18/installing-p5kpl-cm-network-drivers-on-centos-5-4/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:43:15 +0000 benny http://blog.bennyland.com/?p=9 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:

su -
cd /path/to/LinuxDrivers/src/
make clean
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make clean
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make install
cd /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5xen/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/
mv atl1e.ko atl1e.ko.old
mv /path/to/LinuxDrivers/src/atl1e.ko atl1e.ko
insmod ./atl1e.ko

Once that is done, reboot your server and then configure your network however you need to. If all goes well, you should have eth0. I remember the first time I set this server up I attempted to install an incorrect driver that was on the installation disc. This caused me a lot of headaches when it came to installing the correct driver. This time I ignored network all together during setup and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to build and install the drivers this time.

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