me using Redhat 9 , want to upgrate the kernel to 2.4.22 ,

" ....... The directory for the kernel source is /usr/src/linux-2.4/ instead of /usr/src/linux/ "

the weird thing for me is that there is no linux* directory in /usr/src

$ pwd
/usr/src
$ ls -F
debug/ redhat/ <---- there is no linux*
$ cd redhat
$ ls -F
BUILD/ RPMS/ SOURCES/ SPECS/ SRPMS/

So , wat's the problem ???
Thank you
ps : sorry , can't post the that website 'cause I don' t have enough posts

Unless you have kernel sources installed there won't be a /usr/src/linux*
Untar the 2.4.22 sources and mv them to /usr/src/... then create a symlink

ln-s /usr/src/linux-2.4.22 /usr/src/linux-2.4

compile your kernel

I untar the linux-2.4.22.tar , move it to /usr/src
and I create a softlink link to it : linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.22

# ls -l
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 24 2003 debug
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 28 16:19 linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.22
drwxr-xr-x 15 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 linux-2.4.22
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 27 09:52 redhat
# cd linux-2.4
# ls -la
total 264
drwxr-xr-x 15 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 28 16:19 ..
drwxr-xr-x 20 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 arch
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 18691 Aug 2 2002 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 81782 Aug 25 07:44 CREDITS
drwxr-xr-x 2 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 crypto
drwxr-xr-x 31 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 Documentation
drwxr-xr-x 40 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 drivers
drwxr-xr-x 47 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 fs
drwxr-xr-x 28 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 include
drwxr-xr-x 2 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 init
drwxr-xr-x 2 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 ipc
drwxr-xr-x 2 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 kernel
drwxr-xr-x 4 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 46953 Aug 25 07:44 MAINTAINERS
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 19024 Aug 25 07:44 Makefile
drwxr-xr-x 2 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 mm
drwxr-xr-x 28 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 net
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 14287 Aug 25 07:44 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 2818 Jun 13 10:51 REPORTING-BUGS
-rw-r--r-- 1 james root 9291 Aug 2 2002 Rules.make
drwxr-xr-x 4 james root 4096 Aug 25 07:44 scripts
there is no .config file , what should I do ?

copy your current config file from boot to /usr/src/linux-2.4

then make menuconfig and load configuration from file.

thanks , where can I get my current .config file ?
sorry , I'm still new to Linux

It's in /boot... called 2.4.xx-config