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Joel Adria wrote:
>
> trying to configure my PCMCIA "Linksys Instant 
> Wireless Version 3" also know as WPC11. 

First thing, you need a kernel with wireless capability.
In order to make the BL3 kernel as small as possible,
several capabilities were left out.  One of those was
the ability to do wireless.  I recommend you use the
bare.i kernel (bzimage) from Slackware 7.1.  Copy it
to your C:\BASLIN directory and edit BOOT.BAT to use
bzimage instead of zimage.

> I downloaded all the drivers I need. 
> there's one file called "Makefile" 

You probably have the driver sourcecode.  To create the
actual kernel module, you must compile the sourcecode.
It is possible to install a compiler on BL3 using packages
from Slackware 4.0.

BTW, is your wireless card standard pcmcia or is it
cardbus?  The cardmgr in BL3 only does standard pcmcia,
not cardbus.  

BL3 was designed for old PCs (with old peripherals).
More recent hardware (like cardbus and usb) will
often not work on BL3 without a lot of extra work.


Cheers,
Steven

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