I've downloaded the driver file you mention, & the INSTALL file reads:
1. "make " to compile the source.
2. ./mosinst to install the driver
3. ifconfig usbx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to configure the device
What difficulties are you having installing? How far into the installation are the errors (e.g. at 'make, or at './mosinst')?
Kernels are usually compiled by the distributers for their distribution. Centos appear to be one of the most 'staid' in that their distro is based upon commercial RedHat (as is Fedora) but with all hint (taint?) of proprietary ownership removed. You can replace any kernel with a 'vanilla' kernel from www.kernel.org BUT as the name of this group is Linux newbies I won't recommend doing this on a computer that you'll need to use without a new installation.
If you REALLY want to mess about with the kernel take a look at http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelBuild but, as they say, make sure you have got everything well backed up first.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com>
To: LINUX_Newbies <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Mar 26, 2013 10:23 pm
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: USB Ethernet Adapter
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 02:34:32PM -0700, Joan Leach wrote:
> > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/install-tarballs/
> > I found this with this Google search string:Linux 7830.tar Centos/Redhat how to run
>
> Note that CentOS is relatively old in terms of packages and kernel drivers.
> It might be worth trying it with something else, even a live CD.
It is hard to install a newer kernel into CentOS? I do that with every other Linux distribution I use. I'm only asking because I've never run CentOS and I'm wondering what makes it so different.
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