On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Pyatt wrote: > After trying for about two weeks to rebuild the kernel that comes with > FC2, I finally got it to work. At least to the point that it boots > correctly. The only web link I found that had correct instructions for > the kernel is this one; > http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465 Well, that set of instructions omits "make mrproper" as the first step, which can be critical for Red Hat kernels - certainly has been necessary in the past. Also has quite a lot of stuff that is not relevant to rebuilding/installing a Fedora kernel that may be confusing. This procedure works for me: --------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash # /root/bin/make_linux # # Kernel build steps: # 1. Install the sources # 2. cd <install directory> (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4 # 3. make mrproper # 3a. optional - copy .config file from configs directory or # old kernel, then "make oldconfig" # 4. make xconfig (gconfig for 2.6 or menuconfig if not in X) # 5. make dep (not required for 2.6 kernels) # 6. make # 7. make bzImage # 8. make modules # 9. make modules_install # 10. make install # 11. if required, configure bootloader. ("make install" will do # this for you) # # This script implements steps 6-10 # # Note: adjust "-j n" for performance on compilation # runs parallel jobs # -j 4 is a good starting place for single processor (make -j 6 && make -j 6 bzImage && make -j 6 modules && \ make modules_install && make install) >& /tmp/MakeKernel.log # check log file for errors when done, repeat as required, or reboot # to test --------------------------------------------------------------- "make rpm" has also been suggested as a simple solution. Sorry to hear you had such problems. Might have found better help in the list archive - has been discussed before. Phil
