Compile in Fedora

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Sat May 19 13:04:22 UTC 2007


Teilhard Knight wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I tried long ago to install Fedora Core 6 in my 64 bit box, but the 
> installer would hang. Then I recently came across Fermi Linux which is a 
> variant of Scientific Linux, and is based on Fedora Core, and I 
> installed it. My problem is that the distro does not recognize my 
> wireless nic and no module is provided out of the box. I have to compile 
> it, which is why I ask help to inquire what do I need in fedora Core to 
> be able to compile. I tried to compile the module's tarball out of the 
> box and I couldn't. Thanks for any help in advance.
I'm not saying this will work, but some installer fixes have made it 
into the fedora unity respins:
http://fedoraunity.org/re-spins

You do need certain minimum ram and disc space - check the release notes.

DaveT.




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