diff -urN hsfmodem-7.18.00.05full/scripts/cnxtconfig.in hsfmodem-7.18.00.05full-kernconfig/scripts/cnxtconfig.in
--- hsfmodem-7.18.00.05full/scripts/cnxtconfig.in	2005-06-20 16:04:02.000000000 -0400
+++ hsfmodem-7.18.00.05full-kernconfig/scripts/cnxtconfig.in	2005-07-05 21:29:21.177824944 -0400
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 	missing=
 	nb=0
 	for opt in ${KERN_CONFIG_REQUIRED}; do
-		if ! kernel_option_set "${opt}"; then
+		if kernel_option_exists "${opt}" && ! kernel_option_set "${opt}"; then
 			if [ ${nb} -eq 0 ]; then
 				missing="CONFIG_${opt}"
 				nb=1
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@
 		echo 1>&2
 		echo 1>&2 "ERROR: The kernel at '${KERNELSRC}' was compiled without the following"
 		echo 1>&2 "option${plurial} enabled: ${missing}"
-		echo 1>&2 "${This} option${plurial} ${is} needed for DriverLoader. Please enable ${this} kernel"
-		echo 1>&2 "option${plurial}, re-compile the kernel and try again."
+		echo 1>&2 "${This} option${plurial} ${is} needed for the @CNXTTARGET@ modem driver. Please enable"
+		echo 1>&2 "${this} kernel option${plurial}, re-compile the kernel and try again."
 		return 1
 	fi
 
@@ -720,6 +720,12 @@
 	return 0
 }
 
+kernel_option_exists()
+{
+	grep -q "CONFIG_${1}[= ]" "${KERNELSRC}/.config"
+	return $?
+}
+
 kernel_option_set()
 {
 	grep -q "^CONFIG_${1}=[yYmM]" "${KERNELSRC}/.config"