I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop and a Orinoco Silver 802.11g PCMCIA card.

1.I am running the KNOPPIX cd version I assume this is not KNOPPIX STD can anyone confirm this?

2.Note I am new to Linux very new so I'll need everything explaining even how to bring up folders and shells and the folder locations sorry.

3.I have run Wavelan configuration but it says "No wireless network card found"

4.I assume Eth0 is my Orinoco card not the built in LAN can some one confirm this too?

5.How do I get the wireless card to work?

6.I read some where I need to patch the orinoco card how do i do this?
7.Where/what is teh wireless shell?

Sorry for the n00bness convert me from XP to Linux!

TIA

Atca