> At the risk of being severely flamed, I have a very simple question. If I
> wanted to build a kernel on a redhat 5.1 machine and install it properly,
> how would I go about doing this. I have tried the normal technique of
> "make xconfig", configure the kernel, then "make dep ; make clean ; make
> zlilo" but the kernel gets deposited into the wrong area (/ instead of
> /boot). While examining /boot, I realized that there is a lot more junk
> in there than just System.map and vmlinuz. Should I just place the new
> kernel and System.map over the old or what? Again, I am used to Slackware
> systems so this is a little strange for me. Please help. Thanks.
you can put the kernel in usr/local/bin for all the system cares.
just make sure that it's correctly pointed to in /etc/lilo.conf
then ALWAYS make sure to run lilo after changing the lilo.conf, otherwise
the system won't boot.. I usually just leave my kernels laying around the
root directory..
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