>> >> I tried to word it as an alternative suggestion, giving him options, >> rather than deliberately steering him in that direction. Like you say >> Akemi, he didn't appear to have the knowledge to follow the current Wiki >> guide and I could see him getting frustrated by a perceived lack of >> progress (having a working Internet connection seems to be a critical >> requirement to most new users). > > That was indeed a good suggestion. This person used an old nic and > got connected successfully. Well, now that he can access the network, > he is a good candidate for us to ask if he could try installing the > driver by following the instructions (I wrongly posted in other > thread). So I did: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=12467&forum=40 > > Hope he can make it :-D > I saw :) Be prepared to do some hand holding... from his first post in that thread "Ran yum -Uvh *.rpm and it failed". I normally find the first hurdle is becoming root, and the differences between 'su' and 'su -'. Do we have a Wiki Tips and Tricks entry on that yet??