How to use rtl8191s USB wireless adapter? Solved thanks.

[number77]

Hello rcrsn51
The adapter works on slacko5.7.
Barrys simple network setup says it is a wireless r8712u, doesnt say whether it is usb or not and has no description of it. It installs it and it works.
PupSysinfo detects it as a usb network adapter : RTL8191s WLAN adapter.
Puppy slacko 5.7 is pretty large for a P1200/256m ram ideas for something smaller that will have driver.

[rcrsn51]

Sigh. You have now mentioned Slacko 5.5, Wary 5.3 and Slacko 5.7.

Before continuing, you need to return to Wary 5.3 and identify the kernel module using the "lsmod" command.

[number77]

Sigh. You have now mentioned Slacko 5.5, Wary 5.3 and Slacko 5.7.

Before continuing, you need to return to Wary 5.3 and identify the kernel module using the "lsmod" command.

Will wary 5.5 do, I cant find wary 5.3 but wary 5.5 instals is as a rtl 819xU.
I cant understand the results of lsmod.

[Flash]

... I partitioned the hdd before installation. It has two 18gb ext2 partitions, sda1 has /initrd/mnt/dev_ro2 1.3gb and is boot, sda2 has nothing 341mb.

If I understand you correctly, sda1 is an 18 GB partition which presently contains 1.3 GB of stuff. Sda2 is also an 18 GB partition but it only contains 341 MB of stuff. In my opinion the easiest way for you to make a swap partition would be to first backup the contents of sda2 (and sda1, just to be safe), then use Gparted to shrink sda2 down to a smaller partition. The unused space freed up would then be made into a swap partition. I'd suggest that the swap partition need be no larger than 500 MB.

[number77]

... I partitioned the hdd before installation. It has two 18gb ext2 partitions, sda1 has /initrd/mnt/dev_ro2 1.3gb and is boot, sda2 has nothing 341mb.

If I understand you correctly, sda1 is an 18 GB partition which presently contains 1.3 GB of stuff. Sda2 is also an 18 GB partition but it only contains 341 MB of stuff. In my opinion the easiest way for you to make a swap partition would be to first backup the contents of sda2 (and sda1, just to be safe), then use Gparted to shrink sda2 down to a smaller partition. The unused space freed up would then be made into a swap partition. I'd suggest that the swap partition need be no larger than 500 MB.

I have created a 530mb ext2 partition, How do I make it into a swap partition.

[Flash]

Delete it, then make a swap partition with the unused space.

[number77]

Delete it, then make a swap partition with the unused space.

Thanks for the help mates, its now working
number77