Thanks for the help with compiling a new kernel... BUT!

I am still having a lot of trouble! I have no trouble running: 'make xconfig', followed by 'make kpkg-clean', 'make-kpkg -r custom.1.0 kernel_image' 'dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.0.30_custom.1.0_i386.deb' 'make modules' 'make modules_install' to create a custom kernel boot disk. But

SOOOOOOOOO CLOSE!!!

This is the wrong order. Try make-kpkg clean, followed by make xconfig Ignus 'make-kpkg -r custom.1.0 kernel_image' Ignus 'dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.0.30_custom.1.0_i386.deb' This makes and installs the modules for you. You are done. make-kpkg does more than

Newbie here- please don't flame me!

Aloha! I'm new not only to this group, but to Linux as well. I have everything installed and running that I could figure out (including X11, which was a major pain in the butt), but have a few questions regarding the kernel. I wanted to install a kernel which would have support for my