SDB Discussion:CD not found problem

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The Asus P5B appears to work with OpenSuse x64. However it has the same problem of not being to access usb devices. I have recompiled kernel 2.6.18.8-.1 using the following

    make oldconfig
    make menuconfig
    made the change to theusb_devicefs entry and checked it by examining the .config file both before and after
to make sure that the values were in fact different. 
    make all
Then, being somewhat of a coward I did checkinstall instead of make install so that I could generate an rpm file 

and check the result before installing a new kernel. I ended up with a kernel with the same numbering but virtually

no modules were generated.  I am assuming that no modules were created and that it will be safe to install the new
kernel but since this is my first experience in compiling a kernel I would greatly appreciate someone confirming my
understanding.

An early reply would be greatly appreciated as this particular board does not allow dual booting of Linux and WinXP

without first changing the bios settings when switching from one to the other