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[David A. Cafaro]

Hi Neal,

First off, yes, most of the things you find for RHEL or CentOS are  
interchangeable.  CentOS mirrors RHEL functionality for the most  
part.  There are just some enterprise level goodies that aren't the  
same, something you aren't likely to miss as you get up to speed.

Here are some links that might help you get started:

http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/toc.html (Debian based but a  
lot of the command line stuff is portable to RHEL/CentOS)

As far as getting your wireless card working I would read through  
this post:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/60535-wpc54gs- 
linksys-howto.html (again Debian based, but pretty easily translated  
to RHEL, where you see "apt-get install" do "yum install").

Also to get ndiswrapper for CentOS/RHEL you'll want to add the Dag/ 
Diers rpm repository.

Instructions:
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B4

Yum add on rpm:
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/ (you'll have to  
find the version for you install CentOs5 x86 or x86_64)

And just for direct here are the ndiswrapper rpm's at Dag:
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/dkms-ndiswrapper/

Again, better to get yum up and running correctly to install  
ndiswrapper as it will make sure everything you need is also installed.

And you can use "unzip" on the command line to unzip and windows exe  
zip file.  Run "man unzip" to learn more.

As for books, not sure, but the O'Reilly books are usually pretty good:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/

Cheers,
David



On Apr 6, 2008, at 12:08 AM, Thrailkilln wrote:
> Hi
> Names Neal Thrailkill been on the list for a while "looking" at the  
> posts but thought I would write in and ask a couple of question.  I  
> have a new job and I am trying to get ahead and become familiar  
> with Red Hat ( is Red Hat Enterprise Linux also pronounced like  
> RAIL?) I picked CentOS.  I have been in the tech field since 92 and  
> even worked on Unix for a short time (Xenix and  AT&T  III, IV)    
> which  were old at the time when  I  worked on them.  I am a jack  
> of all trades seen windows NT to Novell to UNIX. Did more server  
> work on the first 65% of my career.  The last part of my current  
> career was mostly PC support.   Found  a company  thought it was  
> the next RED HAT / Microsoft ( to eventually take off like them).   
> Talk about a train wreck ( anybody want to read a soap opera and  
> HOW to not run a company http://valleywag.com/tag/john-rogers/   or  
> http://valleywag.com/tech/deathwatch/pay-by-touch-founder-files-for- 
> bankruptcy-321199.php if you click on the "tags" you will get more  
> wonderful detail also)
> Sorry I digress I have installed Linux ( half heartedly)  of and on  
> for about 7 years still have RED Hat server box version 2?? for  
> $150?? My money well spent on a box ( looked nice on the shelf I  
> must admit).
> I have a HP Pavilion ZE4200 with centOS on it ( Version 5 )
> Network card wireless  WPC54GS  VER 2.1 i am trying to get up and  
> running.  I do a search on CENTOS and WPC54GS and not very much  
> comes up.  If I search RED Hat more shows.  This is ok right ??  
> There virtually the same???
> How do you unzip a ZIP file EXE in Linux to get to the windows  
> driver ???
> What books do you recommend for a semi newbie for Red Hat and the  
> Linux command set?
>
> Thanks for the presentation today enjoyed it.  Thanks to the guys  
> who I talked to to get some other info from at the meeting.
> Neal
>
>
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David A. Cafaro <dac at cafaro.net>
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