Hello: Since 2.4.0 is being a pig here I thought I'd go back and recompile 2.2.18 and place the whole tree someplace safe (ie burn a CD)....well...now I can't compile 2.2.18 (did a tar xvf so I have a fresh source tree) either....here's what I get with a make mrproper make dep make config make bzImage >cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-fr >ame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops= >2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o kmod.o kmod.c >rm -f kernel.o >ld -m elf_i386 -r -o kernel.o signal.o ksyms.o sched.o dma.o fork.o exec_domain >.o panic.o printk.o sys.o module.o exit.o itimer.o info.o time.o softirq.o resou >rce.o sysctl.o acct.o capability.o kmod.o >ld: cannot open input file elf_i386 >make[2]: *** [kernel.o] Error 2 >make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/kernel' >make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/kernel' >make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 Any help is urgently needed. George ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 President +1 206 374 6482 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #12862186 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/