Adding Fedora and Windows to my Ubuntu Installation

October 13th, 2007

I have been running Ubuntu for a few months and have seldom--if ever--needed Windows. However, I've recently needed to test some software on both Windows and Fedora Linux. So, I had to add a Windows XP installation and a Fedora Core 6 installation to my current Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" system. Here's some install notes.
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Install Notes: WPC54G (ndiswrapper) on Fedora Core 4/5 (FC4/FC5)

November 29th, 2005

Linksys WPC54G WiFi PCMCIA Card in Linux

The first thing you'll need to do, is download the CORRECT Windows driver for your card from linksys.com. There are various versions for the card which will be displayed on the back of the card. If you aren't sure, then you'll want to use the drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the card. In my case, the card I am using is v3 and the driver I downloaded was v3.100.64.0a. The file was: WPC54G_driver_utility_v3%5B1%5D.1.zip. If you have downloaded the drivers, you'll need to extract the files to some temporary directory (I just did it from my desktop). If you're using the CD-ROM, you can just do it straight from the CD.

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