On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Stephen Harris <lists at spuddy.org> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 10:07:38AM -0700, Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela wrote: >> Also the problem with compiling a new kernel is that the vanilla >> configuration may not work for you and configuring kernel options can >> be pretty daunting at first and even with each new version new stuff >> keeps piling in. > > I took the existing config (from /boot/config...) and then ran > make oldconfig < /dev/null > > (which may not have been optimal, but it seemed to work :-)) It may build fine but that kernel would not boot. :-) Details here: http://blog.toracat.org/2010/03/want-a-custom-kernel-on-centos-noooooo-really/ Anyway, elaborating configs is not an easy task. So, if you need something that works for CentOS-5/6, stealing one from kernel-ml will be the way to go (thanks, Alan). :-P Akemi