Hi i am new to linux. i just bought a new network card but when i run the disc which came with the card it says i need a folder called linux which should be in usr/src directory. The only folder that i have in this directory is packages can anyone help me.
running suse 9.0

/usr/src/linux is usually a symlink pointing to the kernel source (it seems that you don't have it).

i just got the source for kernel 2.6.4-52 and installed it through YAST and now i have a linux folder in usr/src. the problem i'm having now is when i try doing "make oldconfig" it says:

linux:/usr/src/linux-2.6.4-52 # make oldconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/split-include
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
HOSTCC -fPIC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLLD -shared scripts/kconfig/libkconfig.so
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
-include /var/adm/running-kernel.make

The .config file is a merged configuration; please remove it by hand before creating your own. You can use one of the files arch/i386/defconfig.* as a template.

make[1]: *** [check-meta] Error 1
make: *** [oldconfig] Error 2

Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem.