Changing the kernel through GNOME and Mandrake 7.2

[Fig1047]

I am using Mandrake 7.2 and GNOME. going through main--> configuration--> other--> kernel, I found some networking options that were turned off. I turned them on and saved. I got an Information message that said "Check the top level makefile for additional configuration information. You will now need to run 'make dep'. There is a manpage for 'make', but not for 'make dep'. What is it and how do I do it? What is the top level makefile? How do I get to it? How do I make the changes so that they ar reflected in the kernel?

thanks

[Tyr-7BE]

Before I say this, do you need these networking options? Recompiling your kernel is not the task for the newbie, if that's what you are. What you found is the X kernel configuration utility. It changes the config file that the kernel uses to compile. There's a NHF on compiling your kernel, so I'm gonna leave it to the NHF. I'll tell you this much though. "make" is fairly self-explanitory. "make dep" means "don't compile the program (in this case the kernel) just yet, but make everything that this installation will depend on (eg temporary files)". It's like an extension of make. "make" will compile everything the kernel needs in order to run, and "make install" will move them to the proper places on the hard drive. Check out the NHF if you wanna go ahead with it, cause it's a whole lot more complicated than that. Good luck.