Yes, I think the switch comes from tar on solaris using I for something else (no clue why things moved from y to I though...) Potato's (v2.2) tar still uses I, woody (testing) and sid (v2.3, unstable) have moved to j. I belive debian packagers are now required to use --bzip2, --gzip, --ungzip, --compress, and --uncompress instead of using the single letter switches. I'm assuming that you grabbed your kernel source with apt or dselect. As 2.2.18 is officially released now, you probally want to grab that kernel from ftp.us.kernel.org instead of the pre21 kernel. Even though it isn't a debian-ized package, kernel package will still be able to make a kernel package, no problem. You may want to use the settings the kernel package maintainer used to compile your original kernel as a base for your new kernel. The config file is at /boot/config-2.2.18pre21, simply cp /boot/config-2.2.18pre21 /usr/src/linux/.config and make menuconfig (or make xconfig) and custimize to your liking. -- | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | | This message is protected by double ROT13 | | encryption. Any attempt to circumvent the | | digital protection is banned by the DMCA. | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: andyzib.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 2267 bytes Desc: Card for Andy Zbikowski (Zibby) Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010121/bef82bc5/andyzib.vcf