Hi Leo and others Thanks for your advice. I tried "make config" twice followed by "make dep" but could not discover "CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD". After finish neither could I locate "pktcdvd.o" I am running "kernel-.2.4.18-17.8.0" but I use "packet-2.4.19-2.patch". Is there any conflict??? Furthermore to reconfig kernel is not an easy job taking me 1 or 2 hours to complete. Is there any short-cut to find the item/items I need to make change ignoring others. Or I have to answer all questions. Some of the questions are unknown to me, I only chose the first priority as advised by the '?' Thanks Stephen Liu On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 00:18, Leo Przybylski wrote:

Stephen,

If you have downloaded the patch, and have patched your kernel, then if you run 'make config' in your kernel directory or configure your kernel directly, you should set CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD to either Y or M. M will create a module in /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/block called pktcdvd.o. If you choose Y, it will embed the module in the kernel.

-Leo

On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 00:52, Stephen Liu wrote:

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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