i just tried to compile kernel 2.2.16 and set the make config file to what i believe is the right configuration. i am using mandrake 7 with kernel2.2.14-15mdk and all my software should be up to date. when i ran make dep, i got this... gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/mkdep scripts/mkdep.c scripts/mkdep.c:23: ctype.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:24: fcntl.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:25: stdio.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:26: stdlib.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:27: string.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:28: unistd.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:30: sys/fcntl.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:31: sys/mman.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:32: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory scripts/mkdep.c:33: sys/types.h: No such file or directory make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1 what did i do or need to do? it wont let me do make zImage. thanks chuck radcliff penguincafe@prodigy.net - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu