> > 2. cd to buildroot/SPECS, and do 'rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec' This will > > create and patch the kernel tree. No Done listed here. You didn't skip this step did you? This is the one that sets up all the rest. > > 3. Copy the buildroot/SOURCES/kernel-2.6.9-i686-smp.config to > > buildroot/BUILD/kernel/linux-version/.config > Hopefully you didn't take the 'version' here literally. it should be 2.6.9-34.0.2 or whatever else is current. > > > 4. Configure your kernel how you see fit. make menuconfig etc. > > Here is where I'm having problems. The make menuconfig fails: > > [buildcentos at quark linux-2.6.9]$ pwd > /home/buildcentos/rpmbuild/BUILD/linux-2.6.9 This path looks wrong to me. I believe it should be /home/buildcentos/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel/linux-2.6.9/ > [buildcentos at quark linux-2.6.9]$ ls -al > total 72 > drwxrwxr-x 2 buildcentos buildcentos 4096 Jul 19 17:15 . > drwxrwxr-x 3 buildcentos buildcentos 4096 Jul 19 17:14 .. > -rw-rw-r-- 1 buildcentos buildcentos 60982 Jul 19 17:18 .config There should be a ton more in that directory than this. > [buildcentos at quark linux-2.6.9]$ make menuconfig > make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'. Stop. > > At this point I'm stuck. I've done the menuconfig before using the other > procedure but no joy this time. I searched the entire directory tree but can > not find a makeconfig file. I suspect you may have left out step 2, or used the wrong path in a later step. Double check please. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell