You should try it again. Here is good howto... http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu
And here is cat of my bash history, this will make work for you more easy. sudo apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot wget bzip2 wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2 wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.24-rc4.bz2 bzip2 -cd linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2 | tar xf - cd linux-2.6.23 bzip2 -cd ../patch-2.6.24-rc4.bz2 | patch -p1 cat /home/lex/Desktop/sata_sil-irq-fix.patch | patch -p1 make menuconfig ( or copy attached config file to your linux-2.6.23 folder and rename this file to .config !!! point is important !!! ) make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-patched kernel_image kernel_headers cd .. sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-rc4-patched_2.6.24-rc4-patched-10.00.Custom_i386.deb ** Attachment added: "config" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10768109/config -- [sata_sil][sata->ide-bridg] failed to set xfermode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153096 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs