How to install linksys lne100tx for Gentoo

[neo529]

I am about to install Gnome for Gentoo and I don't have an internet connection any more. I don't know at all how to compile these drivers. I have a floppy of which i can't access Code:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount : fs type msdos not supported by kernel
and Drivers I can download but I can't connect to the internet. Im in the installation stage where i need to install/compile kde or gnome and i can't do that without a connection. It worked fine when I did the installation off the gentoo livecd but now I can't connect. I read that I needed to compile tulip drivers or something but I'm so clueless as of right now

[sarah31]

try issuing the command:

modprobe tulip

or

modprobe eth0 tulip

(as root)

then check if the module installed by issuing the command:

lsmod

if this worked then you should be able to get back online. you can then add:

alias eth0 tulip

to your /etc/modules.conf.

[the_bard]

I've got the version 4 of this card... and it took some tinkerin' to get it working right.

I ended up downloading the tulip driver from http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html, and installing that...

If you need help understanding that, just give a holler *grin*.

Btw, the "fs type not recognized by kernel" (paraphrased from memory) probably means that you don't have support for the MS-DOS file system compiled in your kernel, so your system doesn't know what to do with it... sorta like somebody handing me a page full of Chinese words. *grin*