Gasp - Some Simple Help Please

I've tried to do this without asking for help, by wading through the obtuse documentation on patching a kernel in Linux, but I am just stuck. Does this have to be a total mystery? I can do many things but I do not pretend to be a kernel patch expert or kernel hack. What's the procedure and the process for using a patch? I am exasperated and this is something that needs to be in a FAQ in human understandable form that allows patching a kernel without screwing it up. When I ran "patch -i patch.txt" which I got from Marco, I got a bunch of strange output, such as: rebel:/usr/src/linux-2.2.5.SuSE # patch -i patch001.txt <--------- starts here can't find file to patch at input line 2 Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |Index: ./arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c -------------------------- File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored can't find file to patch at input line 5 Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |Index: ./arch/sparc64/kernel/init_task.c It repeats on, asking me what files to patch--like I know what this means! Linux: SuSE 6.1: Kernel 2.2.5 If I can't get this fixed, then I cannot connect to the Linux box. Imagine wanting to use the data base after installing it! Help! -- - -- --- Tim Schaefer ---- tschaefe@mindspring.com --- http://www.inxutil.com -- -