Hi i was able to do make xconfig after going to / and the returning to /usr/src/linux-2.4.29

actually i am trying to get initial graphical bootup i have patched the kernel and thus through make config done the stated configurations at bootsplash.org , i just cant figure this out
please help
note :i have also copied the dir /usr/src/linux-2.4.29/kernel to /boot

"Copy the kernel to your /boot directory and make sure that you have a boot entry for it in your bootloader config."

thnx again foryour help

Did you run:
after running make xconfig?
If you did, your kernel won't be a directory, but a file called /usr/src/linux-2.4.29/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
If you didn't, run those commands that will compile your kernel.
Now copy that file and System.map with this commands:
Now you will need to edit lilo to handle your new kernel, add this lines at the end (change the root to suit your partition configurations):
Finally, run: to update LILO and reboot.

Well that seems to have scared off the OP
Probably a bit more than is required for a "first-timer" - that was for 2.6.0 after all.
Straight after the 2.5 era.
Better option might be the "how I do it all" sticky in this very forum. I've looked through it, and it seems eminently usable.

I used that guide to compile my first ever custom kernel. Maybe I was more of an intermediate Linux user at that time, so I managed to work through it ok but it was a bit of a daunting experience filled with great joy at the end.

What do we do in this case?
-R means that the lines two be swapped are reversed, that is instead of file_a->file_b we do file_b->file_a
But sometimes it asks for -R and sometimes not...
How is that??

The last few 2.6.11.x patches I've used needed to be applied to the 2.6.11 tree. That's why I keep a copy of linux-2.6.11.tar.bz2 around!

Hi gbonvehi
i did the command sequence
make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install

ake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.29/drivers/video'
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `fbcon-splash.h', needed by `fbcon.o'. Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.29/drivers/video'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.29/drivers/video'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_video] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.29/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
bash-3.00# cd arch/i386/boot/
bash-3.00# ls
Makefile bootsect.S compressed install.sh setup.S tools video.S
bash-3.00#

is wht i get . there is no bzImage !!
Is there something wrong ?? which i might be doing ???

So that was probably the reason the patch didn't work well...
But how do you know that? Is it written somewhere?

I believe I read it in a Linux Weekly News article at some point.

As you can see there are errors when you're compiling. I would suggest you to get a fresh copy of the kernel sources and compile them.
Once you can get it to compile, try using the patches you wanted to use which, by the way, as you can read (in the first page of this thread) they all were skipped when you called patch.

it could be that there is no ".config" file in the /usr/src/linux-2.4.29 directory... as "make oldconfig" uses the exisiting ".config" file...

Did you do

make dep

before that? It's required (right after make [old|menu|x]config) for 2.4 kernels.

hi guys thnx for ur back up !! yes i did
make dep
but guess i will have to recompile the sources thnx for your help !!
but ill do that after my exams ! due t end at 17 th next month
thnx again guys !