"mdevin" == mdevin <mdevin@ozemail.com.au> writes: mdevin> One further thing: Obviously you don't need this mdevin> kernel-headers-2.4.18 package to compile a 2.4.18 kernel mdevin> because I didn't have it and my kernel compiled OK without mdevin> it. I compiled heaps of things as modules too. That mdevin> confuses me? Why? Look in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.headers for a long, detailed explanation. Cheers! Shyamal