How do I modify Tulip network card driver for Knoppix

[rcpilot]

Hi all,

I have a need to modify the Tulip network card driver so that Knoppix will recognize my card. My questions are:
(1) I can't find the source code file for this driver. Where is it?
(2) How do I compile the code and install it (or whatever the correct terminology is) so that Knoppix can use it? (I need step-by-step instructions.)
(3) How can this be done since Knoppix is run from a CD and I obviously can't change the CD itself.

I know the edit that's required for the source code since I've read that elsewhere on the internet.

Thanks.

[rwcitek]

I have a need to modify the Tulip network card driver so that Knoppix will recognize my card.
Are you sure you want to do this within Knoppix? Compiling and debugging drivers is challenging enough on a fully installed Linux distro, e.g. Debian, Red Hat, Gentoo, Mandrake, without the additional challenges Knoppix has.

Keep this in mind from Bumper-Sticker Computer Science (http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Facility/4118/misc/bscs.html):

[Thompson's Rule for First-Time Telescope Makers] It is faster to make a four-inch mirror and then a six-inch mirror than to make a six-inch mirror.

BTW, on a Debian install you can simply apt-get the sources. Similar ways exist on other distros. You can modify your apt sources under Knoppix, too.

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org/

[UnderScore]

I helped you identify the problem with your network card. It is made by Microsoft and is tweaked by MS to not work with Linux. If you want this to work from the Knoppix CD then you should replace your network card with a one that works with Linux.

3Com 3c905b-tx will work with Linux & windows with no tweaking necessary. You can get it shipped to your house in most cases under $15.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=252467/search=3C905B-TX/

Or you can go to a local computer/office suppply store and buy a network card & try it out in the PC. If you don't like it or if it doesn't work, you can bring it back & get another one.

[rcpilot]

Okay guys, you've convinced me. I followed UnderScore's hyperlink and just ordered a 3Com 3C905-TX (no "B", hmmm) from Compuvest for a grand total of $12.05.

We'll see what happens.

Thanks! I'll report back with the results.