From: Joe
10-August-2005-00:04:45

Don't give up, mang. When I find that Murphy bastard, I'll show him what for or five.

From: elconquuistadorn
25-November-2005-02:00:21

kernel.orgjustlinux.comThese steps worked for me when I upgraded redhat 2.4.20-8 to 2.4.32:

* download linux-2.4.32 from kernal.org to your /usr/src directory.
a) cd /usr/src
b) wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.32.tar.gz
* expand file
d) tar -zxvf linux-2.4.32.tar.gz
* Check owner and group and make sure the files are listed as "root". If not, chown -r root /usr/src/linux-2.4.32/* and chrgp -r root /usr/src/linux-2.4.32/*

* Create symbolic link
e) ln -s linux-2.4.32 linux-2.4
*switch to symbolic link
f) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
*prepare new kernel config
1) make mrproper
* Copy existing configuration to new configuration
2) cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/.config /usr/src/linux-2.4/
*if .config not present cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 and then make menuconfig and then save config and exit. Do step 2 again.
3) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 and type make menuconfig. Look for "File Systems" and take note of "ext-3" quit and exit.
4) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 and type make menuconfig and check "File systems" and take note of "ext-3". Make sure they have the same settings as step 3. HIT SAVE AND EXIT.
* Update GRUB and create vmlinuz-2.4.32, System.map-2.4.32 and initrd-2.4.32.img in the /boot directory.
5) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 && make dep clean bzImage install
6) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
* kernel modules
7) make modules
8) make modules_install
9) ls /boot
* If vmlinuz-2.4.32 System.map-2.4.32 initrd-2.4.32.img files are not present and/or you get error code 2 on steps 5, 7, or 8, go back to step f.
11) reboot
12) select 2.4.32
*Have grub set 2.4.32 as default kernel by changing default=1 to 0 in /etc/grub.conf.

References:

http://wiki.openswan.org/index.php/RedHat%209
RedHat Linux 9.0 Bible - Christopher Negus
http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Compiling_Kernels/Kernel_Configuration_and_Compilation.html

Regards,

Nelson