Aha, patch.

What 'patch' does is it takes a 'patch file'(a text file) and applies it to the specific source.

Patch < knoppix.kernel.patch

means that it takes the input from 'knoppix.kernel.patch', in this form, it use a relative directory convention meaning it really depends on where the patch files sit and where you are at the time you run the command.

A better way would be to use the absolute path of the patch file you have put.

Assume you have download(I don't know how you did it) the patch files to

/usr/mykernel/knoppix.kernel.patch.gz2(I am assuming it is zipped)

you need to first unzip it through gzip -d

then

patch < /usr/mykernel/knoppix.kernel.patch

That is the best I can help at the moment, without knowing further detail.

PS. Now you know why I said linux is far from user friendly comparing with XP
Quote Originally Posted by VeeDubb
Of course I'mdoing this as root. goes wthout saying.

Here is the first error I get. I'm tryig to follow the instructions posted by infomania in this thread http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=131 after the first patch that is done with apt-get, he says to aply some other patch, but says NOTHING about how to do this. Of course later int he thread someone gives directions saying to apply the patch by entering "patch < knoppix-kernel.patch" whitch returns "bash: knoppix-kernel.patch: No such file or directory" it's all down hill form there.