I have just install Debian and I want to install the 2.6 kernel
However when I type the ' make menuconfig' command here is what i get:
I'm a beginner to linux can you tell me what to do
Thanx

Did you issue the command in the same directory as the Makefile?

John

yes i did

A guide to compiling a kernel the Debian way you should look at the packages needed I believe you are missing a couple.

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Edit: You should also mkdir /sys and add this to the /etc/fstab to mount the new sysfs that is used with a 2.6 kernel.

And will want to make sure that you have the package module-init-tools installed so you will be able to boot a 2.6 kernel.

thanks a lot Happy Tux
i'll try that right now

ok i got as far as the but i get that error during this process:

make[2] : ***[_modinst_post] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.8'
make[1]: *** [real_stamp_image] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.8'


what did i do wrong?
thnx

Most likely nothing, what branch are you using woody? That really looks like it might be the module-init-tools not being installed did you make sure that the package was installed as I suggested. If so and you are using woody you need to either go to www.backports.org or www.apt-get.org and get a line to put into your sources list to install it and related packages or probably the best solution would be to just change the instances of woody or stable to sarge or testing in the /etc/apt/sources.list then apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade to take your entire distro to testing then you will have everything you need.

BTW when you snip the output like this you should take at least 15-20 sometimes more lines above it so we can see what is going on just before the failure. You would not by any chance still have that part laying around would you?

the initial problem that i had was that i could not get the nforce drivers
installed, therfore i do not have acess to the internet so i cant upgrade
to a sarge (a least not that i know of).

I'll try to recompile a new kernel (based on 2.6 and get back to u to tell you
the errors and above that i get
thnx

ok i have followed your suggestion that is install sarge and i did
and it works perfectly... i've been able to install kernel 2.6 by the
linux26 command.

thnx a lot for your info

Good to hear you got it going the new installer is great it was well worth the wait.

I'm getting the same problem only i'm running gentoo version 2.6.14
it started because i was trying to mount a usb device (that has worked before) but now when i try mount /mnt/usb i get:

so in a search for trying to solve that i found something that suggested i could fix it in menuconfig only now that doesn't work either.
hmmmmmmm
if anyone can help it would be great