can't "make install" my wifi driver- please help

**h0mersimps0n** · 03-23-2004, 05:20 AM

ok, so I'm confused. I'm using the LIVE version of knoppix. Throw the CD in, and load everything very nicely. great.

I get into hda2 (my C: drive in windows) to find some drivers/wrappers I saved there in a folder. I found out that hda2 is recognized as a "read-only" so I copy the folder of files to the 'tmp' folder on hda1 (because I didn't get errors when making new folders in there).

The tar.gz file tar's just fine and makes a new folder in the tmp folder, but when I go to do MAKE INSTALL it gives me two errors to the effect that it it doesn't have permission to make the folders or there's some read-only problem and it can't go on. I don't understand or know enough about installing stuff on linux to understand why the freekin thing makes folders no problem one second and has a problem the next.

I would post the error message accept I have no way to save anything while in the LIVE version and no internet access (hence why I'm trying to get my wifi up and running)...

thanks

**fingers99** · 03-23-2004, 06:27 AM

Dunno, but try

sudo make install

**coindood** · 03-26-2004, 01:37 AM

The cd is read only. It is trying to save to the cdrom. Either make a linux partition on your harddrive and mount it and work from that or install knoppix. ALSO you do have to be root.

**garyng** · 03-26-2004, 02:23 AM

In general, you cannot do this kind of 'make install' under KNOPPIX(cd boot). The root file system is compressed and read only. There are scripts floating around that does the nice trick of symlink things here and there that would work.

If you really want to install addition things, try the knoppix install or may be Morphix which use some form of overlaying file system that makes installation on read only distribution a bit easier.

**aay** · 03-26-2004, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by garyng

In general, you cannot do this kind of 'make install' under KNOPPIX(cd boot). The root file system is compressed and read only. There are scripts floating around that does the nice trick of symlink things here and there that would work.

If you really want to install addition things, try the knoppix install or may be Morphix which use some form of overlaying file system that makes installation on read only distribution a bit easier.

True, but this should change with the next release.