Re: [Hampshire] extracting .exe file for NDISwrapper

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Author: Charlie de Courcy
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] extracting .exe file for NDISwrapper
Can you not install via wine to extract the files and pull the .inf out
of the c://windows//system32//drivers?

/Charlie

Lisi said the following on 17/09/08 14:05:
> Problem:  get a wireless card going properly in Kubuntu.  The card is a RaLink 
> RT2500.  
> Therefore install windows driver with NDISwrapper    

>
> Tried:  Unzip.  response:- unzip: cannot find zipfile directory       
>             install cabextract  result:- not in respository 
>            Google again for some more solutions.

>
> Currently trying to loop mount the .exe as per the Answer Gang's advice here
> <http://linuxgazette.net/issue82/tag/1.html> (mutatis mutandis)
>
> I am failing because I do not know the file type of an .exe file and am not
> succeeding in guessing it.
>
> So - if that is a good method to be trying to use, what is the filetype of
> an .exe file?
>
> OR what ought I to be doing?
>
> The card works otb on Kubuntu 7.04, but sadly not in 8.04 (or 7.10, come to
> that). :-(
>
> TIA
> Lisi
>
>