Please don't top post in mailing list replies. It's not considered "proper" behavior. > not a school project, a machine is having intermittent crashes, and i want > to know more detailed information.. so i need to have a debug kernel in > order to keep testing. What are you calling a debug kernel? There seems to be a miscommunication or trouble getting the idea of what you're trying to do across? > the issue with the kernel-debuginfo, is that it appears to essentially be > the OS with the debug/symbolic information. you apparently don't actually > run the rpm/app after it's installed.. but it gives the 'crash' app the > ability to match/resolve symbolic information in the event of a crash/hang > within the OS.... How does this differ from your 'debug kernel'? > you supplied me with info that i had eventually found after hours of > searching... i had created debug kernel scenarios years ago, but needed to > be sure things hadn't changed... I'm still unclear how this relates to the original post of rebuilding the CentOS distribution, and to some extent I don't overly follow how changing to a kernel of your own creation will help you troubleshoot a crash you think is related to the provided kernel. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell