Trimming kernel

[Colin J Thomson]

On Saturday 05 Feb 2005 23:37, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I downloaded the newest from <http://www.kernel.org> and then, IIRC, the
> correct commands, assuming you have x-windows, are:
>
> # tar -xvf kernel-foo.tar.gz
> # make xconfig
> user friendly, let's you pick and choose modules, hardware, etc
> you can view/save/edit .config manually, which xconfig made
> # make bzimage
> # make modules
> # make modules_install

ok..

> then, apparently, you need to edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file (in
> fedora)?

Not really, if you add "make install" to the end of the above it will do all 
that for you.

<SNIP>
> there's also a "mrproper" command, i'm not sure if that's required...?

Not needed for 2.6.x kernels

Colin.
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