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Re: Can't install new driver

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On Fri 19 Aug 2016 at 17:59:06 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:

> Ok, so I got rid of the windows machine and found a card that fit the old
> machine.  It needs the rtl_nic driver to work.  Fine I have that firmware
> and the needed driver on a USB stick and on an iso disk for stretch.  The
> USB is just the firmware for these type of cards.  I must be losing my mind
> because I cannot remember how to get the driver to install off of the USB to
> my existing weezy system.  Thank you for even reading this but I need help.
> I did try apt-get install but it didn't find the file on the USB>

"rtl_nic" means little to me; it might resonate more with others. Why do
you need a driver for it?

Please give the *exact* names of the firmware and driver you have on the
USB stick and say where you got them from.

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Can't install new driver Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2016-08-20 00:10 +0200
  Re: Can't install new driver Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-08-20 00:40 +0200
    Re: Can't install new driver Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-20 00:50 +0200
      Re: Can't install new driver Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-20 04:30 +0200
    Re: Can't install new driver Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2016-08-20 00:50 +0200
      Re: Can't install new driver deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-20 01:20 +0200
      Re: Can't install new driver Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-20 04:30 +0200
      Re: Can't install new driver Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-20 11:30 +0200
  Re: Can't install new driver Charlie <ariestao1@ipstarmail.com.au> - 2016-08-20 01:20 +0200
    Re: Can't install new driver Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2016-08-20 05:10 +0200
      Re: Can't install new driver deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-20 09:00 +0200
        Re: Can't install new driver Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2016-08-20 22:10 +0200
          Re: Can't install new driver deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-20 23:20 +0200
            Re: Can't install new driver Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> - 2016-08-20 23:40 +0200
              Re: Can't install new driver deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-21 10:10 +0200
      Re: Can't install new driver Charlie <ariestao1@ipstarmail.com.au> - 2016-08-20 14:50 +0200

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