Kernel Install/Compile in Redhat, Centos, Fedora

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Install dependencies

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[root @ centos ~]$ yum install gcc ncurses ncurses-devel
[root @ centos ~]$ yum update

The desired kernel is downloaded, this case kernel-3.5

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[root @ centos ~]$ cd /tmp
[root @ centos ~]$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/linux-3.5.tar.bz2

Extracting kernel from downloaded archive

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[root @ centos ~]$ tar -jxvf linux-3.5.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src/
[root @ centos ~]$ cd /usr/src/linux-3.5/

Configuring the kernel

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[root @ centos ~]$ make menuconfig

If you want to configure the kernel version with the configuration of the old kernel, execute the command

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[root @ centos ~]$ make oldconfig

Kernel complie

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[root @ centos ~]$ make

Kernel install

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[root @ centos ~]$ make modules_install install

Reboot the machine

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[root @ centos ~]$ reboot

After booting, the verification command is executed

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[root @ centos ~]$ uname -r
3.5.0