localhost wrote: » I just found this site and I wish I found it earlier in my certification journey. I am currently studying for my LPI 201 test and i'm struggling with compling the kernel. I've found a number of how-to's that have confused me even more. Can anyone point me to a site to walk me through the process of recompling to include or disable features? thank you for any assistance.
localhost wrote: » Thanks UnixGuy !! was finally able to compile a new kernel. I am using CentOS and I was trying to use the kernel-devel rpm as soon as I downloaded the kernel from kernel.org it worked. Part of the install stated not to be logged in as root. I tried this and received permission denied messages, should I have changed the permissions on the files? Also, I have been supporting a few linux boxes and I have not customized the distribution by compiling updated packages or kernels. I'm curious, is it common to compile updated packages or kernels for production servers? Or, is it better to stick with the distribution updates only?
localhost wrote: » Sorry for the confusion. According to some of the how-to's I read they stated that it's bad to be logged in as root when executing the make commands. When I tried to execute the commands as a normal user I received the permission deined error. Should I have changed the permissions on the files before I tried to execute the commands?
localhost wrote: » UnixGuy, Thanks for your help.
