On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 11:12:25AM -0700, John Wendel wrote: > Easy recipe follows > > [1] make a directory (in your home directory) to hold the sources, I > called mine "kernel". > > > mkdir kernel > > [2] put the kernel tarfile, the latest patch file, and a kernel > configuration file in the "kernel" directory. You can start with the > configuration file in /boot. > > [3] run this script (change the version to match your kernel source). > > tar --bzip -xf linux-2.6.17.tar.bz2 > cd linux-2.6.17 > make mrproper > cp ../patch* . > bunzip2 patch* > patch -p1 < patch* > rm patch* > make clean > > # skip this if you don't have an old config file > > cp ../configuration .config > make oldconfig > > [4] If you don't have a kernel configuration file, or you need to make > some changes, > > > make menuconfig (or one of the other menu options) > > [5] Build the new kernel > > I use the following, but there are other options to make an rpm if > you're into pain. > > > make > > make modules_install > > make install > > [6] Your new kernel has been installed in /boot and /lib/modules, and > grub has been updated. > > [7] Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf if you want to make the new kernel the > default. > > [8] Say prayer to Linus and Reboot Perfect! You filled in my knowledge gap with [6]. Thank you very much. So are the symsets...tar.gz, symvers...gz, and config...fc6 files in /boot *needed* by Red Hat/Fedora kernels?
