On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Doug Stalker wrote:

> There is no config for 2.2.17 to copy, because that was installed as a
> debian package as part of the initial install
> I cant use make menuconfig, because it complains curses is not installed
> (but it is!)

Look I'm hugely behind on email but if nobody's solved it for you you're 
probably going to need ncurses-devel package. Generally speaking if you're 
compiling stuff you need the -devel packages for 'dependencies'. These 
have the information about function calls needed to interface to the 
pre-compiled libraries you probably already have installed.

> I cant use make xconfig, because I dont have a funtional x windows install
> 
> I can't be the only person using debian 2.4.12 who needs scsi - there must
> be a debian package for it somewhere!

I don't run debian, but in deperation, get somebody who's running that 
kernel on debian, who's got SCSI to email you their module binary, if the 
CPU type and kernel version match and it's a pretty standard setup at both 
ends it probably has an 80% chance of working. If you've *never* compiled 
the kernel you might find a suitable module on the CD's you installed 
from. Again I don't know Debian so don't know specifically what to look 
for here. 

 > Please help before I'm forced to go through make config...

make config? it's not that bad really, if you stuff up it remembers all 
the decisions you've made so far and can just keep pressing enter until 
you get to that point again (but remember to stop <grin>).

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