On Monday 24 March 2003 15:38, sun reflex4 wrote: > Hi all, > I have 3 small questions: > > 1)In the /usr/src/linux/.config : there is the option "m", I know y and n, > but is m? m is for module. That's a kernel extention that can be loaded at run time. > 2)After I change there some values, do I need to compile anything? or just > save the file? You have to recompile the kernel and the modules and boot from the new compiled kernel. > 3)I want to patch my SuSE 8.1 with HTB, i got the file htb2.diff, but where > should I place it to call "patch -p1 < filename.diff" ?? Anywhere you want. As long as you run the command from /usr/src/linux. It seems to me that this is your first kernel compile. I suggest you read the kernel HOWTO because it's possible that you make an error and leave your box unbootlable. Stef -- stef.coene@xxxxxxxxx "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.oftc.net