First of all, I have untarred many kernel sources, both at work and at home so your statement is incorrect to start with. Secondly, when I untarred my source files, I copy the current linux directly to let's say: "/usr/src/linux-2.0.34/ and then I just remove the current linux source by "rm -rf /usr/src/linux/". I copy the new kernel tar file into /usr/src and then I use the typical tar xvpzf ...... command to untar the new kernel and then I go into make menuconfig to configure my kernel. It works like a charm and from my knowledge the most popular distributor "Redhat" uses this method. Secondly, if you want multiple kernel's, then go to that kernel directory and make a new kernel through there. Keeping the default kernel source code in /usr/src/linux makes more sense. Hope this clarifies any misconceptions on your part. Paul --- Email: pbrun@geocities.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e