Hi , I am using vmware on windows 7 and try to built kernel version 3.0.4 . I am following this procedure make defconfig make make modules make modules_install make install Every step succeds except make install Its throwing me following message *sh /home/ashu/linux-3.0.4/linux-3.0.4/arch/x86/boot/install.sh 3.0.4 arch/x86/boot/bzImage \ System.map "/boot" ERROR: modinfo: could not find module fuse ERROR: modinfo: could not find module sunrpc ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ip6t_REJECT ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nf_conntrack_ipv6 ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ip6table_filter ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ip6_tables ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ipv6 ERROR: modinfo: could not find module uinput ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_ens1371 ERROR: modinfo: could not find module gameport ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_rawmidi ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_ac97_codec ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ac97_bus ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_seq ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_seq_device ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_pcm ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ppdev ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_timer ERROR: modinfo: could not find module parport_pc ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd ERROR: modinfo: could not find module parport ERROR: modinfo: could not find module microcode ERROR: modinfo: could not find module soundcore ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmware_balloon ERROR: modinfo: could not find module snd_page_alloc ERROR: modinfo: could not find module pcnet32 ERROR: modinfo: could not find module mii ERROR: modinfo: could not find module i2c_piix4 ERROR: modinfo: could not find module i2c_core ERROR: modinfo: could not find module mptspi ERROR: modinfo: could not find module mptscsih ERROR: modinfo: could not find module mptbase ERROR: modinfo: could not find module scsi_transport_spi *I wonder if my Vmware workstation is creating a problem? Or If I am using make defconfig why are these modules not bulit. Please help I am stuck. Thanks and Regards Ashish Anand "Growth Should Not Kill Innovation"