> > Now when I run the patch command: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/linux$ patch -p0 <../patches/dpt_i2o-2.0-2.2.18 > I recieve the following message > > >can't find file to patch at input line 4 > >Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > >The text leading up to this was: > >-------------------------- > >|diff -urN linux-2.2.18/drivers/scsi/Config.in > linux->>>>2.2.18.SuSE/drivers/scsi/Config.in > >|--- linux-2.2.18/drivers/scsi/Config.in Mon Dec 11 01:49:42 2000 > >|+++ linux-2.2.18.SuSE/drivers/scsi/Config.in Mon Feb 26 17:46:21 2001 > >-------------------------- > >File to patch: > > And it is prompting me for a file to patch. > > do you know how to specify the kernel to patch or even what the name is and > where it is located in the src. >
I think you just need to change the -p0 option to -p1, which strips off the first part of the path (the linux-2.2.18[.SuSE] part) when applying the patch, and if you're in the linux directory everything should work since it will look for drivers/scsi/Config.in, etc. HTH, Mike McGuire
