Configuring the Kernel
 

I'm trying to install an ESS1868 PnP sound card according to directions on the following web site:
http://bmiller.customer.netspace.net...s1868-2.4.html
Towards the beggining of the instructions, it says to configure the kernel, it says to do this by typing in: make menuconfig. However, when I tried this, the computer said that there weren't rules for making menuconfig, or something like that. Does anyone know how do configure the kernel? I'm using kernel version 2.4.2. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Loren

You will need to be in the root directory of the kernel tree (usually /usr/src/linux) in order for make menuconfig to work (although if you have a graphical desktop then I would recommend make xconfig instead). Once you have finished configuring run the following command:

make dep && make bzlilo && make modules && make modules_install

This command will take a while however when completed the modules will all be installed and your kernel image will be /vmlinuz. You may now need to edit /etc/lilo.conf however regardless, your must end by running lilo to reinstall the boot-loader with the new bootable image.

Good luck.