Kurian Thayil wrote: > Hi Ned, > > The package cpp was already installed. > > [root at astind02 customKernelcompile]# rpm -qa |grep cpp > cpp-3.4.6-3 > [root at astind02 customKernelcompile]# rpm -qa |grep gcc > gcc-c++-3.4.6-3 > libgcc-3.4.6-3 > gcc-3.4.6-3 > > Any hint on this?? > hmm, not sure. Perhaps you could try following the very detailed HowTo on the wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel I know the authors of that page do an excellent job of maintaining it to make sure the information is valid and up to date.