<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> root@ubuntu:~ # depmod root@ubuntu:~ # cd <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:root@ubuntu:~/kernel/linux-2.6.16.18">root@ubuntu:~/kernel/linux-2.6.16.18</a> # depmod -b /lib/modules/2.6.16.18 WARNING: Couldn't open directory /lib/modules/2.6.16.18/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386: No such file or directory FATAL: Could not open /lib/modules/2.6.16.18/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/modules.dep.temp for writing: No such file or directory I will look into the link and post back... Vignesh Mario Vukelic wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1149623875.5402.112.camel@localhost.localdomain" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 04:36 +0530, Vignesh wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Ok.. I did that but still no luck. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> As Jack Wasey said in another reply in this thread: it is caused because you did not compile initrd into the kernel and didn't install the initrd image. Read the docs in the link Jack gave. This one [1] would help with your current problem, but if you want to go around compiling vanilla kernels, you should read the others too :) This isn't 2000 anymore, the kernel development model has changed and the distros have become more sophisticated in their setups. [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelByHandHowto?highlight=%28kernel%29">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelByHandHowto?highlight=%28kernel%29</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>