Updating Kernel

["Keefe Roedersheimer" <kmonk@ameritech.net>]

Hi everyone,

    I am a newbie to Linux and Debian and I am trying to do a relatively
simple task. I am running woody with the bf24 option to get the 2.4.18
kernel. I need to update the kernel to 2.5.50 so that I can use some ACPI
features (particularly I need to access this script
http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/speedstep.shtml) but everytime I compile the
new kernel it fails. I compiled the 2.4.18 kernel with no problems several
times. I downloaded the source for 2.5.50 from kernel.org and attempted to
build the kernel both in the debian and standard manner after using
menuconfig (which worked fine). Several different versions of attempting the
compile made it fail in different ways, no rules for a certain .o file at
first and no several unknown references. Any ideas?
I also attempted to download the 2.5.50 patch and install it but I could not
even get any files patched, using the zcat syntax that I found online I have
not been able to figure out exactly how to do this. Do I need to get ahold
of some newer versions of certain programs to do this upgrade properly?
I appreciate any advice that you guys could send my way.
Keefe Roedersheimer