$ sudo dpkg -i /mnt/p3/home/exper/ddalton/2.6.18-speakup/linux-image-2.6.18-4-speakup-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12.1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.18-4-speakup-686. (Reading database ... 112870 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-4-speakup-686 (from .../linux-image-2.6.18-4-speakup-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12.1_i386.deb) ... Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-speakup-686 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12.1) ... Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-speakup-686/source However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-speakup-686/source Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-speakup-686 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-3-686 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done