Re: [CentOS] kernel recompile help

Jim Perrin wrote:

My first statement would be to say that there is very rarely a need to rebuild a kernel.

Have you actually seen the modules included by default?

Token Ring drivers? ATM support? FDDI drivers? Amiga filesystem support?

Doing so on a system like RHEL/centos can jeopardize system stability and may cause upgrades of packages like iptables and others to fail.

Very fair warning, however, I tend to only strip out the useless (for me) modules, and avoid anything remotely related to what I use.

Now that I've given you the warning, the how-to I'd recommend reading is here -> http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/

Great link. Thanks.