how to build a new kernel for FC6 (the abridged version)

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 11/22/06, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>   just to resolve this ongoing discussion:
>
> 1)   - download and untar kernel source tarball in home directory
> 2)   - cd into top level of that source dir
> 3)   $ cp /boot/config<latest version> .config
> 4)   $ yes '' | make oldconfig
> 5)   $ make menuconfig     (to tweak whatever you want)
> 6)   $ make
> 7)   - go for lunch
>
>   - become superuser, then
>
> 8)   # make INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install
> 9)   # make install
> 10)  # reboot
>
>   did i miss anything?

Yes, the answer to Kurt's question, which was how to do it the "fedora way".

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