Compiling the Linux Kernel – CentOS

Steps:

#yum -y install kernel-devel kernel-headers

#yum -y groupinstall “Development-Tools”

#cd /usr/src

#wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.30.2.tar.bz2

#tar -jxvf linux-2.6.30.2.tar.bz2

#cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.2/

#make menuconfig

#make clean

*#make dep (is no more necessary)

#make bzImage

#make modules

#make modules_install

#make install

*make install will copy the files: System.map, vmlinuz and the initial ram disk initrd-2.6.30.2.img to /boot. It will also add the lines you will need on grub, now just restart your computer and choose the new kernel on the grub screen.

Have Fun !!!