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036. What is the quickest and safest way to recompile the kernel?

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This article is from the the Brief Linux FAQ (BLFAQ) Maintained by Neil Zanella nzanella@ganymede.cs.mun.ca

036. What is the quickest and safest way to recompile the kernel?

In short, as root issue the following commands after downloading a kernel:

# mv linux-x.y.z.tar.gz /usr/src; cd /usr/src
# tar zxpvf linux-x.y.z.tar.gz
# cd linux-x.y.z
# make menuconfig
# make dep
# make clean
# make bzImage (or better, insert a floppy and do a "make zdisk").
# make zlilo (or if this doesn't work,
cp /usr/src/linux-2.0.x/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
Edit /etc/lilo.conf and change the image label to point to
/boot/vmlinuz-x.y.z and rerun /sbin/lilo)
reboot (here you may use the disk you made if something goes wrong)
# cd /usr/src/linux-x.y.z
# make modules; make modules_install

... and your kernel and modules should be all done.

 

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