I strongly suggest you to follow the instructions in the fedoraproject.org page (Wiki, Custom Kernel). That's a pretty much accurate method to compile the kernel. Cheers On 10/25/07, Konstantin Svist <fry.kun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to compile my own kernel. I want to use the default Fedora > version as base but tweak a few flags. > There is a procedure which describes how to do this at > http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_fedora. Unfortunately, it's > almost a year old. > Is it [still] the right way to do this? > > Assumptions I'm making (please correct if I'm wrong): > * loading .config (following the steps on that page) loads the default > Fedora-specified options, not vanilla kernel options. > * modules will be built into a separate directory (with the word > "custom" in it) so they won't interfere with official Fedora kernel > modules. This is kind of important since I might specify some options > that will make my new kernel unbootable - and I want to use the default > as backup if that happens. > > > Thanks > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
