About to dive into this fun world of Linux!

[MyndFyre]

You forgot:

modprobe ndiswrapper

[CrAz3D]

I did
make
make install
modprobe ndiswrapper
.....@ modprobe I got "modprobe command not found" (I did this just now)

should i restart before trying modprobe?

[Sidoh]

Perhaps it's because it needs to be installed by super user?  You should usually install things as super user, since a lot of installation routines often require such permissions.

Just do:

$ sudo make install

( Or if you don't have sudo set up ):

# make install

Then, run

# modprobe ndiswrapper

[MyndFyre]

I did
make
make install
modprobe ndiswrapper
.....@ modprobe I got "modprobe command not found" (I did this just now)

should i restart before trying modprobe?

No need to restart.  Try "su modprobe ndiswrapper" if modprobe isn't working.

[CrAz3D]

Sidoh: I tried it as su to begin with

MyndFyre, just type "su modprobe ndiswrapper" while logged in as SU?

edit:
damn it, I'm logged in on Windows.

ANYWHOO, also, i still can't write to my /fat drive.  I can write to /fat in linux restart & its still there, but as soon as I log on Windows it is gone.  Then after I go from Windows to FC it is the same way it was before I shutdown FC:(

[CrAz3D]

I did
make
make install
modprobe ndiswrapper
.....@ modprobe I got "modprobe command not found" (I did this just now)

should i restart before trying modprobe?

No need to restart.  Try "su modprobe ndiswrapper" if modprobe isn't working.

user modprobe does not exist

[CrAz3D@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost CrAz3D]# cd
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
bash: modprobe: command not found
[root@localhost ~]# cd /home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]# ndiswrapper
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]# su modprobe ndiswrapper
su: user modprobe does not exist
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]# ndiswrapper
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]# make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/driver'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/driver \
        DRIVER_VERSION=1.15
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-x86_64'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-x86_64'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/driver'
make -C utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/utils'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/utils'
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]# modprobe ndiswrapper
bash: modprobe: command not found
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]# make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/driver'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/driver \
        DRIVER_VERSION=1.15
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-x86_64'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-x86_64'
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/misc
install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/misc
/sbin/depmod -a 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/driver'
make -C utils install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/utils'
install -D -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin/loadndisdriver
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper-buginfo /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo

NOTE: Windows driver configuration file format has changed since 1.5. You must re-install Windows drivers if they were installed before.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/CrAz3D/ndiswrapper-1.15/utils'
mkdir -p -m 0755 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 ndiswrapper.8 /usr/share/man/man8
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.15]#

[MyndFyre]

Sidoh: I tried it as su to begin with

MyndFyre, just type "su modprobe ndiswrapper" while logged in as SU?

edit:
damn it, I'm logged in on Windows.

ANYWHOO, also, i still can't write to my /fat drive.  I can write to /fat in linux restart & its still there, but as soon as I log on Windows it is gone.  Then after I go from Windows to FC it is the same way it was before I shutdown FC:(

Sorry, didn't know you were already logged in as root. 

[CrAz3D]

any clue about how to write (& keep) files on /
fat?

[Sidoh]

any clue about how to write (& keep) files on /
fat?

$ cat /etc/fstab

Paste the output here.

Also, $ su changes the current user.  In example, $ su root will prompt for a password.  In the event you supply the correct one, the current shell will run under root.

$ sudo <command string> runs <command string> under the super user (after supplying the current account's password, assuming that it has been given sudo access in /etc/sudoers).  $ sudo <command> is simply more convineint than $ su root :: # <command>

[CrAz3D]

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/hda2               /fat                    vfat    uid=CrAz3D,umask=0077 1 0

[Sidoh]

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/hda2               /fat                    vfat    uid=CrAz3D,umask=0077 1 0

"defaults" doesn't work?  I've only had to do this with ext2/3 and ntfs (NTFS isn't writable with the wrapper I was using anyway), but "defaults" works with ext3.

[CrAz3D]

well....wtf, it works now

just no ndiswrapper

+thunderbird won't work.
When sending a msg I get:
"mail server(gmail) repsonded 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first"...........more stuff
What might I be doing wrong?  I have all server/spasswords set right for gmail, I do believe
Same happens on my NMSU email
I can receive msgs:(

[MyndFyre]

well....wtf, it works now

just no ndiswrapper

You've ndiswrapper -i inffile.inf right?

[CrAz3D]

Stuck there.

[root@localhost 80211g]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l
No drivers installed
[root@localhost 80211g]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -i autorun.inf
Installing autorun
couldn't copy autorun.inf at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 144.
[root@localhost 80211g]#

how do I copy autorun.inf?

[Newby]

Is autorun.inf in your current directory?