Compiling a new kernel

[PsypherPunk]

In theory, should the following produce an exact duplicate of my current kernel?

make cloneconfig
make modules
make modules_install
make bzImage
make install

In practice, will it?

[jaboua]

1) they can be combined like this:
make cloneconfig modules bzImage modules_install install

2) If cloneconfig does what the name says, yes. I've never tried it before myself.

If you want to adjust the kernel as well before compiling it, it should be possible to do a:
make cloneconfig menuconfig modules bzImage modules_install install