Re: Kernal Compile for RH5.1

["Michael W. Ryan" <mryan@netaxs.com>]

BTW, the relevant page of the installation guide can be found at:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/RHL-5.1-Installation-Guide/manual/doc080.html

Also, I'd recommend using the X-based menu configuration.  It's very
friendly and provides explanations.

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Michael W. Ryan wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 Gercan6716@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi,  I am trying to compile/learn to compile the kernal on my RH5.1 box,  but
> > iI keep getting stupid errors.  I have been through alot of the books that I
> > have purchased but none of them seem to go into the topic in depth,
> > especially for Red Hat.  Can anyone help me?
> 
> It being Red Hat has nothing to do with it.
> 
> The Red Hat Users Guide has a chapter on compiling a custom kernel.  I
> found this to give you all the information you need to build a kernel,
> including some good habits (like backing up your current kernel and
> modules and including them in LILO).
> 
> Make sure that you have the kernel-headers and kernel-source packages for
> the same kernel installed.  NOTE:  you want to install the kernel-source
> RPM, *not* SRPM.
> 
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