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How can I find the *.inf and driver file for my wireless card in order to install driverloader?

Some wireless adapters allow you to directly access the *.inf or *.ntf file on the driver/installation CD. Others ship the drivers within a *.cab file. If you have a *.cab file, you can unpack this directly on Linux using unshield if the *.cab file is in InstallShield format. If the *.cab file is in Microsoft cab format, please try cabextract.

Example 

# unshield -d driver-files x data1.cab

Cabinet: data1.cab
  extracting: driver-files/Inf/PRISMA02.cat
  extracting: driver-files/Inf/PRISMA02.inf
  extracting: driver-files/_Support_English_Files/_IsRes.dll
  extracting: driver-files/_Engine_Engine_Files/corecomp.ini
  extracting: driver-files/Drv_XP_Util/PRISMAPI.dll
  extracting: driver-files/Drv_XP_Util/PRISMSVR.exe
  extracting: driver-files/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/isrt.dll
  extracting: driver-files/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/default.pal

Once all the files in the *.cab file have been extracted, you can search for the *.inf and driver files needed by DriverLoader.

Note that the driver files for all wireless interfaces recommended by QA Cafe are available in our Knowledge Base.