just to resolve this ongoing discussion: 1) - download and untar kernel source tarball in home directory 2) - cd into top level of that source dir 3) $ cp /boot/config<latest version> .config 4) $ yes '' | make oldconfig 5) $ make menuconfig (to tweak whatever you want) 6) $ make 7) - go for lunch - become superuser, then 8) # make INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install 9) # make install 10) # reboot did i miss anything? rday
