I have SuSE 8.2 Pro installed on my box with no problems I'm aware of.

The kernel version is 2.4.20

I downloaded from the kernel.org web site a tarball for the full 2.4.25 kernel, and managed to install and use it without major problem. However, when I go into the /usr/src/linux-2.4.25 directory and run make menuconfig I'm not presented with all of the options that I have if I run that command in the SuSE 2.4.20 directory. For example, I have no acl option on my ReiserFS, and I have no option to select ALSA for my sound system. Probably there are other things missing, too, but these are the two I have seen. I downloaded and installed the ALSA package and I imagine I could do the same for the acl functionality, so I don't have a problem making things work. I just don't understand how to get those options integrated into the menuconfig scheme.

Can anyone help me grok the connection between packages I download and install, and the options presented in menuconfig?

Thanks.

"Can anyone help me grok the connection between packages I download and install, and the options presented in menuconfig?"

You have to keep track of the various config files. When SuSE installs a kernel in /boot it also places the corresponding config file in /boot. When you configure a kernel with menuconfig you start with the /boot/config file but save the result under another name so that you now have two different config files. You have to keep an inventory of the various config files that you have created. Then the next time you use menuconfig start with the one that is closest to what you are trying to create.

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Thanks for your help.