On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Steve Moccio <smoccio at ureachtech.com> wrote: > I wanted to recompile the kernel from source. I downloaded the > source rpm (kernel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.src.rpm) from centos and > installed the rpm. In /usr/src/redhat – I unzipped and untar'd > the linuxx-2.6.9 base files. After doing that I wanted to patch > the kernel with the numerous patch files that came with the src > rpm. (snip) > Is this not the right procedure for patching the kernel? I do not know why you need to recompile the kernel but, if you must, make sure you do it CentOS way. Please read these CentOS wiki articles: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel Akemi