I need USB support, so I was told to download the new RPM's for the kernel (linux-2.4.9-12 is what I found and used), and I used "xconfig" to set up the USB stuff (which was indeed "off", if the default settings are what were being used normally).
Anyway, that went fine--I also found that support for the parallel-port Iomega ZIP drive needed to be turn on... I went through and set a few things how I thought they should be set, according to what I understood from the HELP buttons in xconfig. Anyway, I did the rest of the stuff ("make dep clean modules modules_install bzImage"), and I got a bzImage file, and put it in /boot, calling it /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-13custom, and then did "mkinitrd initrd-2.4.9-13custom.img 2.4.9-13custom". Then I fixed up LILO to boot the new kernel, and everything was fine! Except, it wasn't. Not only did my USB printer STILLNOT WORK, but my ZIP drive (which at least would be recognized!) wouldn't mount, because you "have to specify the filesystem". OK, fine...but when I do, it says that the filesystem isn't supported! Now, in xconfig, there is a section I found where I could specify support for vfat filesystem (all my ZIP disks are formatted for this; so in order to mount them, even to convert them to ext2, I still need vfat ability). In the USB section too, I think I know what is wrong... Anyway, I went back in to xconfig ("make xconfig"), and re-did things how I figure they should be; and then did all the rest, just as I said above; but now I get errors (this is the last xth lines of output from the line of MAKEs, above, done the second time around): make[6]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/mtd/nand' make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/mtd' make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/mtd' make -C net fastdep make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/net' .loopback.o.flags:1: *** missing separator. Stop. make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers/net' make[3]: *** [_sfdep_net] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers' make[2]: *** [fastdep] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12/drivers' make[1]: *** [_sfdep_drivers] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-12' make: *** [dep-files] Error 2 That "[dep-files] Error 2" is the last line I get, no matter how I try to do this. AND, there is no "/usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/boot/bzImage" file to be found! (not even the OLD one!) Any ideas? TIA, Mark VII [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list