-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 LW999 wrote: | Is this command run while in the directory which has the source code (eg | "/usr/src/linux" in SuSE)? If the command is issued while in another | directory, the makefile will not be found and the error message above is | issued. | I was not in the directory at first, realized my mistake. i compiled the first try, and seemed to load fine, but i couldn't access my pcmcia modem. i started over, and now i seem to have disabled at least ext3 support, usb, pcmcia and xwindows. in a few moments i'll try to fix the first problem, as right now i can't even seem to get a copy of boot.log so i can start tracing the problems Joe - -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.4.20-4GB / i686 | Posted from: Dora ~ 3:36pm up 0:52, 3 users, load average: 0.22, 0.12, 0.10 Illinois isn't exactly the land that God forgot -- it's more like the land He's trying to ignore. nqs@tmcom.com | http://tigger.tmcom.com/~nqs/blogger.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/v/VkoS1S7SxfpzwRAnehAJ4iWnYula7nGgGezZItyNKb22FraACfUJz/ 9umJ4H5iprz9KcONe5DNSRg= =49D9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----