Thanks for your advise, Bryce. Doing it as $user just resulted in a differant 
error:

bmike1@0[linux-2.4.22]$ make config
Makefile:259: arch/i386/Makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `arch/i386/Makefile'.  Stop.
bmike1@0[linux-2.4.22]$ make menuconfig
Makefile:259: arch/i386/Makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `arch/i386/Makefile'.  Stop.


On Thursday 29 July 2004 12:17, Bryce C wrote:
> Mike, a note about using sudo. *NIX derives much of its security by
> being a true, multi-user operating system, limiting the access a user
> has by default. When you run things with sudo, you circumvent this
> system and open yourself up to the largest security risk. Here's a good
> rule of thumb to use when deciding whether to use sudo: try the command
> as your normal user (without sudo) first. If it doesn't work, then run
> with sudo.
> This has been the source of many of your problems when you've tried
> running various programs. When configuring/compiling a kernel or any
> program, for instance, you only need super-user privileges to install
> (copy to its destination). Compiling as the super-user allows malicious
> code to do absolutely anything on your computer and potentially others,
> including but not limited to actually frying your computer. Granted,
> most programmers have more integrity than that, but there are those out
> there that will take advantage of the inexperienced user that grants
> them all the privileges they need to exercise their whatever their
> ambitions may be.
> This is just a warning and advisory to you Michael. I hope you
> understood what I said and act on it. I believe many of your
> difficulties will disappear with this information.
>
> -Bryce
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 11:23, Michael Havens wrote:
> > [directory at (1)]
> > I want to apply a patch to my existing kernel (openMosix->2.4.22)
> > I believe that all that requires is for me to run 'make ...config' (menu,
> > x) again but when I do so it says:
> >
> > bmike1@1[src]$ sudo make menuconfig
> > make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'.  Stop.
> > bmike1@1[src]$
> >
> > I have tried doing it from /usr/src/linux-2.4.22 /usr/src/linux and
> > /usr/src and some other directories with the same results.
> > . . . .
> > I then ran the program make since the program Makefile is in the
> > directory resulting in:
> >
> > bmike1@1[linux-2.4.22]$ sudo make
> > Makefile:259: arch/i386/Makefile: No such file or directory
> > make: *** No rule to make target `arch/i386/Makefile'.  Stop.
> > bmike1@1[linux-2.4.22]$
> >
> > which lead me to wonder if I put Makefile
> > into /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/arch/i386 (the only 'arch/i386' there is)
> > if it would make. Unfortunately, that proved to be fruitless.
> >
> > Any ideas?

-- 
<:-)Mike(-:>






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