Compiling the Linux Kernel

From Notes

On Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat, use the following steps:

1. Install ncurses-devel:
   1. sudo yum install ncurses-devel
2. Download the source from kernel.org (any version you like).
3. Extract the source in a safe location, do not configure and/or compile as root - use a non-privileged user.
   1. cd /home/myuser && mkdir kernels</code
   2. <code>wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.8.tar.gz
   3. tar xvzf !$ && cd !$
4. Configure kernel options:
   1. make menuconfig
5. Compile the kernel and kernel modules
   1. make
6. Install kernel modules:
   1. make modules_install
7. Install kernel (and rebuilds initrd):
   1. make install