I installed knoppix 5.0 on my pc and i thought to compile the kernel cos it doesn't recognize a lot of things of my pc. It doesn't recognize my USB webcam, it doesn't open a new windows for pen drive, it undestand when a CD is inside the reader but don't allow me to see the content and so on. I tried to compile the kernel to solve the problem, but when i try to do it, i receive:

root@LinuxBox:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig
Makefile:266: /usr/src/linux-2.6.17/scripts/Kbuild.include: No such
file or directory
Makefile:403: /usr/src/linux-2.6.17/arch/i386/Makefile: No such file or
directory
make: *** No rule to make target
`/usr/src/linux-2.6.17/arch/i386/Makefile'. Stop.

When i use xconfig, the answer is similar. What can i do to solve my problem with Hardware? what can i do to compile the kernel?