I have had this happen before. Try these steps:

tar -zxvf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
gunzip patch-2.4.19-rc3.gz
cd linux
patch -p1 <../pathch-2.4.19-rc3
make menuconfig

that should work.  Try patching it while sitting in that dir.

Original Message:
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From: Craig S. castone@getnet.net
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:14:44 -0700
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: applying kernel patches


I finally dnloaded, decompressed, compiled and installed the 2.4.18  kernel
successfully. I saw there was a patch file so I dnloaded it as well. Since
I had decompressed the patch I went ahead and applied it with:
patch -p0 < patch-2.4.18

>From this point I started getting messages like:

patching file linux/arch/cris/drivers/ethernet.c
Reversed (or previously applied patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]

I answered n to both these questions then got the reply:
skipping patch.

38 out of 38 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file
linux/arch/cris/drivers/ethernet.c.rej

I would assume that since I recently dnloaded the kernel and installed it
that the patch is already applied to my image. Is this correct?
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