Wanted to install Wlan micro stick Edimax. Driver not included. Long way done but could not get it built. dmesg usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using at91_ohci and address 5 lsusb Bus 001 Device 005: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd cd /lib/modules/2.6.38 build simlink is pointing nowhere http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=foxg20_wifi Kernel changes If you want to compile the Kernel uImage by yourself enable these items using the make menuconfig where is this? ------------------------------------------------ install a set of kernel headers, matching the kernel for which the modules are going to be built: # apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.18-3-686 Install the package containing the source: # apt-get install squashfs-source Invoke module-assistant (aka m-a) to do the heavy lifting: # m-a build squashfs As a result, a Debian package is going to be built and placed in /usr/src. It can be installed the usual way, using dpkg -i. Two last steps (building and installation) may be combined using the invocation # m-a auto-install squashfs You might look up on Google cached pages for "kernel.org mirrors". Here's a fast one located in Germany: http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/kernel/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 tar -xvjf linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2