re-using .config to compile kernel

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 6 Feb 2005, at 15:58, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:

> not that long ago I compiled my first kernel and saved the .config 
> file.   after a clean install of FC3 i then went to /usr/src/ and 
> unpacked the 2.6.10 kernel and copied the .config  into the 2.6.10 
> directory and tried "make bzimage" but got back "make: *** No rule to 
> make target `bzimage'.  Stop." as an error message.  then i did "make 
> xconfig" and then moved the original .config file (hope this makes 
> some sense) so it overwrote the newer version (to save time).  the 
> script of some of this, with "cat .config", is at 
> <http://thufir.lecktronix.net/kernel/>.
>
> googling showed some indications that maybe "make boot" would work, 
> but it wasn't clear to me.  I don't see why this isn't working...?

cd /usr/src
tar jxvf /path/to/linux-whatever.tar.bz2
cd linux-whatever
make mrproper
cp -f /path/to/your/.config .config
make oldconfig
make bzImage
make modules
make install