jay, first of all, if you have your heart set on learning (which is a Very Good Thing[TM]), get one of those huge books on linux. they all have sections on kernel compiling. that's where i learned from.
btw, way back when i was a newbie, my kernel compiled ONLY when i had a picture of linus torvalds taped to my monitor. when i took the picture off, i lost the ability to compile the kernel. i'm not joking here. this is the honest truth. you may want to consider taping a picture of linus on your own monitor before proceding. also, please read the kernel howto. there's extensive instructions on how to compile the kernel. well written and complete. ok, now about your problem at hand. as i said, there's prolly no need to compile the kernel here. that's what modules are for. i'm a little behind the times in terms of netfilter (i will be until they decide to kill the ipchains compatibility), but try this: first get module dependencies in order by doing: depmod -a as root. then install the ipchains module: modprobe -a ipchains i **think** ipchains.o on a 2.4 kernel is compatibility layer. don't quote me on this. if so, you may want to try: modprobe -a netfilter modprobe -a ipchains and if the system complains about not finding the modules, you can go into /lib/modules/kernelversion/net/whatever and use insmod to load in the proper modules. hth, pete begin Ehrhart, Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have Red Hat 7.2 on a server. When I installed Red Hat I said no to the > firewall option. Now that the box is up and running I am trying to install > ipchains. However the kernel is not compiled for ipchains. How do I > recompile the kernel and add ipchains without reloading the box? > > Thanks, > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
