Very Computer

Hello,

I was trying my hand at recompiling my Kernel so I can get my CD ROM to
be recongnized but when I type "make config" (as root) I get a message
that
says the following:

     "make: nothing to be done for 'config'"

I can't understand what's going on.  I've installed all the compiling
utilities but can't seem to make it work.  Any help or suggestions
would
be appreciated.

Ken

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Ken,

Did you cd to /usr/src/linux first? Do you have the Kernel source
installed?

Steve

If you did the above -- then there's a good chance that the dates of some
of your files are messed up -- ie make thinks the target is up to date
already.  Take a look at Makefile -- from my reading of it and the info
page on make it appears that make thinks you have a real file
symlinks and a real file config and their dates are such that there's
no reason to do a make. This is odd because I have no such files on my
system -- they appear to be dummy targets? (People who know more about
make and the kernel Makefile please correct me)  If you have these files
on your system, I would advise taking a close look at them and figure
out what they are doing there.