Hi guys!

i followed tutorial for building custom kernel for centos5 http://howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_centos with lastest kernel downloaded from kernel.org .

in menuconfig i used /boot/config-(mycurrentcentoskernel) as a configuration. then i compiled with make rpm.

Result was ok, but my kernel was about 400MB of size! :(

Next problem was that alltought i we had ip_nat as a module selected in menuconfig, i did not had it, and i was not able to modprobe ip_nat , so my iptables were not working.

 

I am looking for some help and experiences. Probably in thinks like :

howto make new kernel for centos to be the most compatible (using /boot/config... probably).

 

The reason why i need this is :

 

- problem with pptpd on x64 centos 5.1 (causes freezing --- found that it is a kernel bug .. still not fixed in rhel - centos :( )

- problem with ath_pci (atheros module) which causes masine freezing after hours of use without any footprints in logs , tested that on fedora 8 this works stable :(

 

Thanks in advance!

David