On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 10:12 -0700, Suneel Dutt wrote: > Hi All, > > I am novice to Linux installation kind of stuff and has installed on > my Dell Inspiron-1525 laptop. You might find Ubuntu is closer to what you're looking for from a linux distro for a new user. > But I am facing a lot of problems with this Linux Version(May be I am > not approaching the thing correctly). My first and the major problem > is that I am not able to access Internet at all. > > I tried using ndiswarper but could not get away with it as it is > complaining that the Kernel is not found. Also I tried to install the > Linux version of the Ethernet Driver I am using in Windows Vista. I > donot know how can I fix the problem. Also I tried to install ROOT on > it but could not succeed. > ndiswrapper is often not a great solution, in my opinion. A fedora user says he found a driver here: http://www.marvell.com/drivers/search.do Again, ubuntu does a reasonably good job of offering comprehensive driver support out of the box, and if a better closed source driver is available, it's typically in their restricted repositories. There's also a reasonable how to for installing ROOT on Ubuntu: http://ultrahigh.org/2007/08/17/building-root-packages-on-ubuntu-feisty If you're set on Scientific Linux for some reason, let us know and we can try and work out a better solution than "use something else" ;) > Kindly Guide me accordingly so that I can get rid of all these > problems and enjoy using Scientific Linux. > > My system is a dual boot with Windows Vista where I am having Dell > Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-card and using Marvell Yukon 88E8040PCI-E-Fast > Ethernet Controller card as t5he network adapters. > > Thanks a lot in advance for any kind of help. > > With Regards > > Suneel >