Very Basic Kernel Building Steps
Note: All of this should be done as root to avoid any potential conflicts...
Configuring
- make mrproper
- make xconfig
- config, menuconfig are alternatives if you're not running X
Building
- make dep
- make clean
- make boot
- make modules
Installing
- rm -rf /lib/modules/*
- if you have other modules in there be careful as this removes them all
- make modules_install
- mv vmlinux /boot/
- Make sure to save your old kernel
- Back it up because if the new one fails you're screwed without it
- reboot