After installig the wlan prism2 driver for my wireless usb adapter, i ran make all and make install...... make all worked fine, but make install gave me these errors. If anyone can help me out i would appreciate it



find . -name .depend -exec rm {} \;
set -e; for d in src doc man etc; do make -C $d install ; done
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/KNOPPIX/wireless network/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src'
set -e; for d in p80211 prism2 shared wlanctl wland nwepgen mkmeta wlancfg; do make -C $d install ; done
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/KNOPPIX/wireless network/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src/p80211'
mkdir -p file:/root/KNOPPIX/linux kernel/linux-2.4.26/lib/modules//net
cp p80211.o file:/root/KNOPPIX/linux kernel/linux-2.4.26/lib/modules//net
cp: omitting directory `file:/root/KNOPPIX/linux'
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/KNOPPIX/wireless network/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src/p80211'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/KNOPPIX/wireless network/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre4/src'
make: *** [install] Error 2

there is alot wrong here !
just at first glance i think it's that white spaces in the directory linux kernel is a no no in the command
and that "file:" entry shouldn't be there at all -- both are wrong
check it out
if i go from within /home/gary
mkdir 'test dir'
i get
/home/gary/test dir
then if i do (like in your file)
mkdir -p file:/home/gary/test dir//net
i get these directories
/home/gary/file:/home/gary/test
and
/home/gary/dir/net
(not the output you really need)

then if i go
cp test.txt file:/home/gary/test dir
it says
cp: omitting directory `file:/home/gary/test'
just the same as you got !
it has no idea where that is
it thinks we want to copy test.txt into a directory named 'file:/home/gary/test'
and remane it 'dir'
or something

now i've got to go erase all these crazy directories i just made

so should i take the spaces out in the directory and try again

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Wireless Networking and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

i took all the spaces out of the path (actually i did it everywhere, not just the wirelessnetwork folder) but i still get errors. For an operating system thats supposed to be much better than windows, it seems to be a lot more difficult to get it to do what i want it to. Please help, i'm eager to lean the OS but its a rough start.