location of kernel source
 

I've got a problem where I'm trying to install some intel network card drivers for my machine.

I've downloaded the tar.gz file from Intel then I ran this command:

rpmbuild -tb nicdriver.tar.gz

I get the error "cannot locate kernel source". I then stuck in my Red Hat sources CD and installed the package named kernel-2.4.9-e.12.src.rpm using the following command:

rpm -Uvh kernel-2.4.9-e.12.src.rpm

That package installed without a problem. But I still continue to get the cannot locate kernel source when ever I run either rpmbuild or use the make install command.

I moved into /lib/modules it had a broken symlink build -> /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.12.

the dir /usr/src only had a single sub folder named "redhat". So I created a symlink in the /usr/src dir using this command:

ln -s /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES linux-2.4.9-e.12

I still get the kernel source error... HELP! I'd love to get my machine to work on my LAN.

You did not install the Linux kernel source files. Go back and undo all of the links that you did (as they are all wrong). Then, look for a file more like 'kernel-source-*'. That is the source code for the kernel.
What you installed was the RPM source for the kernel. Not the same thing.

Thank you for you help Linux_in_NH, I found the kernel source not on the source CD's but rather the binary CD's.. :o