Hi Leo, I have following arrangement completed ready to proceed installation RH8.0 Kernel-2.4.18-17 ================ 1) packet-2.4.19-2.patch.bz2 (download from http://www.serverdown.dhs.org) packet-0.0.2m.tar.gz (download from "sourceforge"} 2) Both packages in /tmp/Packet/ 3) # bunzip2 packet-2.4.19-2.patch.bz2 4) # ls /tmp/Packet/ packet-2.4.19-2.patch packet-0.0.2m.tar.gz Now I shall proceed following steps 1) # cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0 # patch -p1 < /tmp/Packet/packet-2.4.19-2.patch 2) What steps shall follow to compile it as a module in the kernel configuration 3) Where can I find "pktcdvd.o" 4) Do I need the package "packet-0.0.2m.tar.gz" downloaded from sourceforge. Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. Stephen Liu