OpenSuse Driver Plugins
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Does anyone know of a way to put drivers from a windows machine onto a Linux distro? And would they be required to be signed or unsigned?
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That cannot be done. Not as a generic situation, at least. Drivers are specific to an OS (and architecture.) The purpose of a driver is to communicate between the OS and the hardware, so is very specific to both.
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If Linux could reliably use Windows drivers, that would suggest that different versions of Windows could use each other's drivers, but they cannot. Drivers are specific to the version.
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YaST has most of the drivers you would ever need, and some you will never use. Like an ATM adapter or ISDN modem.
If you need something really specific, e.g. Nvidia, you would best roll it into the installer via SuSE Studio.
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Hmm... Well we have an issue then. The drivers were not included, and Windows is Required for the Ethernet NIC drivers. But even with the OS's it supports, it refuses to install due to being "Incompatible With The Found Operating System". Would it be worth my time to spend $30 and buy a PCI-E NIC card and put the machine back on Windows 8?
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I think that you are saying that strangely. I think you mean that the drivers you have found are for Windows.
What Ethernet card is this for?
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What hardware are we dealing with here?
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Yeah, kind of strange for a NIC to not be recognized by SuSE. The Realtek NICs are pretty well covered, as are the Intels.
What you got, and have you pulled over an RPM for the driver?
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I've got an HP DC5750S with a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
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Someone's got to ask this, so it might as well be me... Is this for use at a college radio station?
Seriously though, if you use a different distro, perhaps Ubuntu, via a live CD, does it find the network card? Broadcom's typically very multi-OS compatible.
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Should be the b44 module.
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Use a different Distro? Whic would you suggest?
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Why is it that Windows didn't install on there? Did you mention needing a NIC to get windows working?
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This has been dragging on long enough. If replacing the PC isn't an option, add in a different NIC. If replacing the PC is an option, replace it.
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I'll be adding in a NIC, then. Unless running it on good 'ol XP is better.
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Windows 8.1 doesn't support a driver?
Do XP for now. Not a big deal.
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Mike Ralston, I dub thee Slade02.
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Widnows 8.1 doesn't support it. Windows 7 is supposed to, but doesn't. We know it worked on XP, but we don't have any liscenses for XP. With the support ending soon, will that be an issue?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
Widnows 8.1 doesn't support it. Windows 7 is supposed to, but doesn't. We know it worked on XP, but we don't have any liscenses for XP. With the support ending soon, will that be an issue?
Isn't there a license sticker right on the box?
