I downloaded the newest from <http://www.kernel.org> and then, IIRC, the correct commands, assuming you have x-windows, are: # tar -xvf kernel-foo.tar.gz # make xconfig user friendly, let's you pick and choose modules, hardware, etc you can view/save/edit .config manually, which xconfig made # make bzimage # make modules # make modules_install then, apparently, you need to edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file (in fedora)? One option is to edit the file, make a copy of the "fedora" section, and edit to fit. Something like title Fedora Core (2.6.10-ac11-howells-1) root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-ac11-howells-1 ro root=/dev/hda6 acpi=force initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.10-ac11-howells-1.img there's also a "mrproper" command, i'm not sure if that's required...? yes, it takes time. but the above isn't that painful. well, GRUB always scares me since win2k is always screwing things up, but that's a diff thread! -- Thufir Hawat (thanks to James Wilkinson, via the archives) /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Re: Trimming kernel * From: Jean-Louis Leroy <jll soundobjectlogic com> * To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com> * Subject: Re: Trimming kernel * Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 19:20:16 +0000 > Ein? What the heck is a jumbo kernel? I mean a kernel that was built with a .config that compiles every available module in the hope that it will take advantage of every available hardware on most machines. I want to create a .config that exactly matches the hardware of a particular computer. -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
