Test wrote: > All, > > I am trying to build a custom kernel, following the howto and some stuff > i found on the forums (mkspec.patch) > > 1. the mkspec.patch gives an error: > > [root at centos linux]# patch -p1 < mkspec.patch > (Stripping trailing CRs from patch.) > patching file scripts/package/mkspec > Hunk #1 succeeded at 103 with fuzz 2 (offset 22 lines). > Hunk #2 FAILED at 115. > 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file scripts/package/mkspec.rej > > > 2. When i create an rpm out of the standard configfile (/boot/config....) > the RPM file created is about 100mb which to me seems a bit large...? > > > Personally I have always compiled my kernels a different way. Grab the sources from www.kernel.org. # tar -jxf kernel-2.6.20.tar.bz2 Decompress them. # make menuconfig <change your settings appropriately, often the only thing I change is the CPU type> (if this doesnt run properly try yum install ncurses-devel) Exit out of make menuconfig # make bzImage # make modules # make modules_install # make install If you have a dual core machine run each make command after menuconfig with -j2, replacing the number 2 with the amount of cores you have. This will run multiple compile jobs at once to save time. Usually works ok for me - tho I never need to distribute my kernels so your milage may vary. My first post to the list. Alan