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(New page: === Building a New Kernel === * download source from kernel.org ** wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2 * unpack source ** tar xvjf linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2 * ...)
 
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* create configuration (.config) file
 
* create configuration (.config) file
 
** cd linux-2.6.26
 
** cd linux-2.6.26
** cp /proc/config.gz .
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** cp /proc/config.gz .      
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## or if you need to install kernel header....
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## yum install kerneldevel
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## cp /usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-42.fc8-x86_64/.config ./
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** gzip -d config.gz
 
** gzip -d config.gz
 
** mv config .config
 
** mv config .config

Revision as of 16:51, 14 October 2008

Building a New Kernel

    1. or if you need to install kernel header....
    2. yum install kerneldevel
    3. cp /usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-42.fc8-x86_64/.config ./
    • gzip -d config.gz
    • mv config .config
    • make oldconfig
  • customize your configuration
    • make menuconfig
  • compile kernel and modules
    • make
  • copy kernel image to /boot
    • cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26
  • copy system map to /boot
    • cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.26
  • install the modules
    • make modules_install
  • create initial ram disk image
    • mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.26 -i initrd-2.6.26
  • update GRUB
    • vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
  • reboot