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[abszeph]

Hello all -

I'm trying to make my box a router, but I'm having a problem following the HOWTO over at tldp.org.

It says that I need to issue the command:
make pending-patches KERNEL_DIR=/path/to/mykernel

But I keep getting the error:
make: *** No rule to make target `pending-patches'. Stop.

As a result, my kernel won't compile. Can someone tell me what I'm still missing?

I've installed iptables1.2.7a, and am using kernel 2.4.20. Installing on a 133 with 128 MB RAM, and Drake 8.1.

BTW, this is my first experience with networking, so please be gentile :)

TIA-
leo

[pauper]

Could you tell us which specific HOWTO you are following - a link to the page quoted would be helpful as it would give us a starting point to understanding your problem. :D

[WCOutlaw]

I assume that you're actually issuing a command that looks like this:

make pending-patches KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux

not actually inputting /path/to/kernel - as this path will probably not exist, you need to specify the actual path to your kernel source (which is usually /usr/src/linux or a subdirectory under /usr/src/)

Good luck,