How to Recompile the Red Hat Kernel

[webraycer]

Can somebody point me in the right direction? I need step by step directions on how to recompile my kernel - I have red hat 8. I was told this is what I need to do to gain access to my ntfs partitions from linux. I read what looked like directions within a redhat readme file, but it didnt work. In the red hat installation it said "install these files to be able to recompile your kernel" and I installed those.

[Vlad_M]

Cd over to the /usr/share/docs directory, there will be a bunch of HOWTOs there. Look for the Kernel howto. It will give you detailed instructions on how to recompile it.

If you are very impatient:

cd over to /usr/src/linux/2.4.3-18
make xconfig
select all the options that you want/need
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make mudules_install
configure lilo (or grub)
that's it.


If the above steps don't make sense, then you definitely need to read the HOWTO. If the HOWTO is not in your docs directory, go to

www.tldp.org

and you'll find it there

Cheers

[Digital Froggy]

Generally, you're better off using Red Hat's updated kernel rpms as they are tested and tested and tested some more for stability and compatibility.

But, it's probably a good idea to at least learn how to build you're own kernel. That's always a good thing to know if you wanna toy with Linux.