[laptop-discuss] Ethernet & compiler Catch-22 on snv_86_rc3

[Reginald Beardsley]

How do I get  a working compiler w/o having a working ethernet connection?    Or without a working compiler, how can I get an ethernet driver for the Nvidia GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M so I can make ethernet work?

Installing Studio 12 from CD doesn't install the standard C headers which leaves me no way to compile the nfo driver for the Nvidia ethernet chipset.  Compiling on U5 produces relocation errors when I move the object  to snv_86.

Why were  the BSD license Murayama  drivers  not included?  They are needed by quite a few laptops.

In any event, there needs to be a sneaker net way install new device drivers.  Depending on a working ethernet connection doesn't work very well.
 

Very puzzled,
Reg
 
 
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