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class=790340806-15102002>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=790340806-15102002>The generic rpm and
srpm (along with the C compiler and Kernel Sources that come with your distro)
are all that are needed to get the driver up and running under Mandrake, Red Hat
or any rpm based system. for non rpm systems the tarball should be
sufficient.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=790340806-15102002>The advantage of
using the generic rpm is that the driver modules will be rebuilt to match your
kernel and use a compatible C compiler (the one supplied with your distro) to
compile them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=790340806-15102002>Users encountering
problems with the precompiled binary rpms (eg Red Hat 8.0 users) should try the
generic rpm to see if it solves their problem.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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