23 Sep
2008
23 Sep
'08
11:04 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Steve Moccio smoccio@ureachtech.com wrote:
I wanted to recompile the kernel from source. I downloaded the source rpm (kernel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.src.rpm) from centos and installed the rpm. In /usr/src/redhat – I unzipped and untar'd the linuxx-2.6.9 base files. After doing that I wanted to patch the kernel with the numerous patch files that came with the src rpm.
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Is this not the right procedure for patching the kernel?
I do not know why you need to recompile the kernel but, if you must, make sure you do it CentOS way. Please read these CentOS wiki articles:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel
Akemi