You won't need that IDE patch unless you want to have ultra-ATA 66 or 100 support, I think. You should have everything you need, but do try out kernel-package to build your kernel the debian way. It has been mentioned in a lot of threads lately.
Diego Biurrun Xucaen schrieb: > > sorry to bother you with this.Do I need to > install anything else along with the > kernel-source-2.2.18pre21 package besides bin86 > and libncurses(for menuconfig)? I just want to > make sure I don't miss anything. (e.g. I noticed > there is an IDE patch. will I need this?)