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Appendix D – Linux Installations 
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. MT9234ZBA-USB User Guide (S000419D) 
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Prepare the Kernel Sources 
 
This step may or may not be necessary, depending on how your Linux distribution installs the kernel sources. 
Log in as root and do the following: 
 
Command Explanation 
1. cd /usr/src/linux-<version> 
Change to the source directory. 
2. make mrproper 
Clean up any old files. 
3. Use either of these commands:  
 
make oldconfig 
-OR- 
make cloneconfig 
Make a configuration file to match your running 
kernel.   
for Red Hat 
 
for SUSE 
For other distributions these same commands 
might work, or you might need to find a config 
file in /boot or in a configs directory, copy it to 
.config, and run "make oldconfig". 
4. make prepare 
To prepare the kernel sources for your 
machine. 
 
If you have built your own kernel, the kernel sources will already be installed and prepared.  If you are using a kernel that came 
with a Linux distribution, it can sometimes be difficult to get the kernel sources correctly installed and prepared, since each Linux 
distribution handles kernel sources slightly differently. 
For example, if you get errors about the wrong kernel version, you may have installed the wrong kernel sources, or you may 
need to edit the kernel version in the top level Makefile of the kernel sources.  If you get errors about a missing usb-serial.h, you 
may only have the kernel headers installed.  If you have trouble getting the full kernel sources installed and prepared, you can 
copy the correct version of usb-serial.h to drivers/usb/serial in the kernel headers directory and then the other kernel sources are 
not needed. 
If you have difficulties, look carefully at the error messages when installing the TGZ or RPM packages.  Those messages should 
give you an indication of just what the error is.