How to create a driver disk?

[xunp]

Hi there,

I am trying to install linux on Compaq Deskpro
4000 through FTP, since it does not have a
CD-ROM. But the integrated network card on
the motherboard is not recognized by the boot
image. It asks me to insert a driver disk for
this network card. From other sources, I think
the correct the module is "tlan.o" which is
actually included in RH 7.x. So I simply copied
this file to a floppy and used as the "driver", but apparently it didnot work. The error message
is:

"The floppy disk you inserted is not a valid
driver for this release of Red Hat Linux."


I think my question is quite general: how
can I make a driver disk for a piece of hardware?
From the library I can see the source codes:
"tlan.c", "tlan.h". Do I need to recompile them and then saved it to the floppy? Do I need to
do other things to the floppy?

Any responses will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

xunp

[mdwatts]

Probably the bootnet.img or drvnet.img from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/os/i386/images is what you want.

I don't use Redhat, but those would seem to be the correct diskette images to use.

The documentation at the same url will most likely tell you.

[xunp]

thanks mdwatts. drvnet.img is what I needed.