[Menno Man]

can i have the full steps to compile my kernel
i mean the steps that i must do it in shell
like

make dep
make bzImage
etc

i have mandrake 9.1 Bamboo
i want to compile the new one 2.6.8.1
thanks a lot

[AAnarchYY]

Ive had nothing but problems trying to update a mandrake kernel but here ya go

• first go and get the source tree and extract it
• in the directory it just created, as root, type "make xconfig"
• search through and make sure all your hardware is checked off as modules
• search through and see if there is anything else you want compiled in or whatever
• save and exit the xconfig
• type "make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install"
• copy the bzImage file that resides in arch/i386/ to /boot and rename it something apropriate, like vmlinuz-2.6.9-rc2 or whichever kernel you got
• edit /etc/lilo.conf to put your new kernel in
• IMPORTANT: be sure and run the /sbin/lilo command on your system may not boot back up
• reboot and choose your new kernel
• enjoy =)

[jzh]

first change the current directory to /usr/src/linux-xxx/include

1. if link 'asm' doesn't exist, use 'ln -s asm-i386 asm'

//generate the kernel config file
2. make menuconfig(config...)

//generate the kernel image file, modules
3. make all

//install modules to /lib/modules/
4. make modules_install

//install the kernel image to /boot
5. make install

[zdawg]

rm -f /usr/src/linux && ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.8<version if
any>
cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig
<select all needed, pay close attention to processor and filesystems ... know your hardware (lspci can help there)
make install && make modules modules_install
(If /boot is already mounted then this should also copy the image there, otherwise cp it to /boot)

[zWaR]

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rnel+compiling

[hillxy]

Hi,

I installed RH9.0.
Now I need to compile and install the linux-wlan driver. The compilation requires the kernel to be at least configured.

So I choose add/remove application and install kernel source from the RH9.0 installation CD. In the directory "/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/" I found something new, such as a Makefile, a 'Document' dir, and etc. HOWEVER, I can not find include dir, why? Ofcause, I can not config the kernel compilation without 'include' directory.

Thanks,
Hill

Originally Posted by jzh

first change the current directory to /usr/src/linux-xxx/include

1. if link 'asm' doesn't exist, use 'ln -s asm-i386 asm'

//generate the kernel config file
2. make menuconfig(config...)

//generate the kernel image file, modules
3. make all

//install modules to /lib/modules/
4. make modules_install

//install the kernel image to /boot
5. make install

[ynilesh]

I found this link preety simple and east to understand and follow.
Red Hat Kernel Compilation