Will someone help a Linux newbie?

[chapmc]

Here's the situation. I am trying to set up a single floppy linux to boot on older pc's and have access to a lan so I can move files, etc. I downloaded a file from http://www.woalf.uklinux.net/ which is supposed to do this. It boots up on the pc fine but I can't connect to the lan. The menu item to load the nic driver doesn't do it so I have been reading around some and trying commands.

# ls mod
This shows headings but no modules

# insmod /lib/modules/rt18139.o
insmod: /lib/modules/2.0.37: No such file or directory
insmod: rt18139.o: No module by that name found

"ls -l" in /lib/modules shows
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root (etc) rt18139.o

I'm confused why I am getting this. Can someone please explain?

Many thanks.

[Germ]

I don't have much experience with networking, but here are some other floppy distros you could try:

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Floppy/

[nukes]

Looks like they've misconfigured the disk.
Kernel modules are meant to go in /lib/modules/kernel-version/kernel
i.e.
/lib/modules/2.6.0-test9/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.ko
I don't use things like these discs as I have my own custom liveCD for stuff like this.
Looking at the page there are a pile of alternatives to wolf. Maybe investigate one of those.

[chapmc]

If it's not just something I am doing wrong then I will try another one. But I don't know why it says "no such file or directory".

[nukes]

"ls -l" in /lib/modules shows
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root (etc) rt18139.o

This is in the wrong place. Maybe I didn't phrase it correctly. It should be in /lib/modules/2.0.37/kernel/drivers/net/rt8139.o
if the module naming was the same for 2.0 kernels.

But I don't know why it says "no such file or directory".

It is looking for the 2.0.37 directory rather than rt8139 As its a 2.0 kernel, most of the assoiated tools are probably outdated as well. It may not support loading from an absolute file locator. IDK about this though.
It doesn't look like you're doing it wrong from what I see here. I'd try another one and see how you do.
Is there no CDROM on these older systems?

[chapmc]

No, I have a couple of old thinkpads with no CD-rom. Besides, it's a challenge

Thanks for your help. I'll try another one.

[chapmc]

FYI.. I got wolf linux to work. It turned out I was misreading the module name. Was rtl8139.o not rt18139.o. Duh, what can I say.
Thanks all.

[nukes]

damn. I should have spotted that one. I have that chip on all the NICs in the house apart from this one. (the 100mbps ones at least)
Sorry about that. I'm glad you got it sorted though.

[e980238]

you say you just want it to move files on the network?

[chapmc]

e980238..
Yes I want to get files onto old laptop with no CD drive. I would use an ethernet pcmcia card in the laptop. Is there an easier way to do this? Is there a DOS program that will do it from a floppy?
Suggestions are appreciated. I'm getting a little frustrated. Have tried 3 small Linux distros with no luck for various reasons.