"bob" == bob parker <bob_parker@dodo.com.au> writes: bob> modules. That last step took quite some time and at the end bob> there was a line 'Nothing to be done for modules' make bob> modules-install gave the message *** no rule to make target I bob> find this puzzling because 'M' options abound in the .config bob> file Perhaps a simple typo? make modules_install is what you want, note the underscore. /Shyamal