I'm in the process of trying to recompile the kernel for my linux class but I have incomplete notes on how to do that. Appearently, the prof. decided to keep on talking while the rest of us were on break. I know how to accouplish the changes by using make menuconfig while in /usr/src/linux-2.4.29. I save the file. Then I run make dep, make clean, make bzlilo but this is where my notes have a gap. I know that you have to save a file named vmliuz tovmlinuz-ide-2.4.29 but I don't know when to do that of if I have to do anything else after that. Anyone got a cheat cheat on how do do this kind of thing?

Funny. Prof's like to do that. I don't know about "make bzlilo". There are multiple ways to do it.... "make bzlilo" could very well be a command designed to work with the bootloader lilo, I don't know. Tell him it's flawed because you can't be assured lilo is always going to be the bootloader... ;-)
Then copy your bzImage to /boot:
Rename your bzImage:
Make a symlink:
Copy your System.map
Symlink it:
You could also copy your config file to boot for safe keeping as well:
And symlink it if you want:
Make sure your bootloader config file has all the necessary information correctly entered or make another entry for it. That would be /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst

I just ran "make bzlilo" out of curiostiy... Pretty nifty command IF you use lilo. Heres the very end of it:
As you can see, it automatically copies your vmlinuz and system map for you then tries to run /sbin/lilo to update your bootloader. I'm thinking that had it found an /etc/lilo.conf on my system, it might have even made an entry for me as well.

In my opinon, it's a bad idea to teach like that. If he isn't showing you the more "generic" way to compile a kernel then shame on him. I don't use lilo, thus that command isn't a good one for me to use. So his notes would probably have been:

make dep
make clean
make bzlilo

And well.... that's it probably. Next time, don't take so long on your break...

I did all this on a 2.6.13.2 kernel. I'm not seeing anywhere in the output where it made any modules. So, I would have to say you would also need to run "make modules" and "make modules_install" too. So it might have been something like:

make dep
make clean
make bzlilo
make modules
make modules_install

Find a cute girl or guy in your class and ask them for what you missed... Also, be aware that "make dep" is an obsolete command with regards to a 2.6.xx kernel.

IMO this is the best Kernel Rebuild Guide on the net ...

Linus Torvalds also has great instructions in the kernel sources always in the
./linux-2.x.y.z/README file.

And on the 2.6.x.y kernels, you only need "make" and "make modules_install"
because "make" builds the modules.

For what it's worth I have these three scripts. They seem to work for me. But beware.

here follows a script called /usr/bin/aik_kernel_compile. Note that it recompiles alsa towards the end and takes a copy of the .config file.

#!/bin/bash

destdir=/home/alex/slackware/`ls -l /usr/src/linux/../linux | cut -f11 -d" "`
creationtime=`ls -l /usr/src/linux/.config | cut -f8 -d" "`
creationdate=`ls -l /usr/src/linux/.config | cut -f7 -d" "`
if [[ ! -d "$destdir" ]]
then
mkdir $destdir
fi
cp /usr/src/linux/.config "$destdir/config{$creationdate.$creationtime}"

make dep;THIS__RESULT=$?
if [ $THIS__RESULT -ne 0 ]
then echo "abend in dep"
exit 2
fi

make clean;THIS__RESULT=$?
if [ $THIS__RESULT -ne 0 ]
then echo "abend in clean"
exit 2
fi

make bzImage;THIS__RESULT=$?
if [ $THIS__RESULT -ne 0 ]
then echo "abend in bzimage"
exit 2
fi

make modules;THIS__RESULT=$?
if [ $THIS__RESULT -ne 0 ]
then echo "abend in modules"
exit 2
fi

make modules_install;THIS__RESULT=$?
if [ $THIS__RESULT -ne 0 ]
then echo "abend in modules_install"
exit 2
fi

aik_alsa_compile

make install;THIS__RESULT=$?
if [ $THIS__RESULT -ne 0 ]
then echo "abend in install"
exit 2
fi


here follows a script called /usr/bin/aik_alsa_compile which completely removes the contents of alsa_driver, alsa_lib and alsa_utils and then recreates them from source, to ensure that the source doesn't become tainted I store it in my home directory. I never install the alsa modules that come with slackware. Can't remember the logic behind this other that whenever I installed a new kernel or recompiled alsa went pear shaped. When installin a new kernel I always have to recompile.

#!/bin/bash

/bin/rm -R /usr/lib/alsa-driver*
/bin/rm -R /usr/lib/alsa-lib*
/bin/rm -R /usr/lib/alsa-utils*

cp /home/alex/slackware/ALSA/alsa* /usr/lib

cd /usr/lib
bunzip2 alsa-driver*
tar -xf alsa-driver*
cd /usr/lib/alsa-driver*
./configure --with-cards=intel8x0 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install

./snddevices

cd /usr/lib
bunzip2 alsa-lib*
tar -xf alsa-lib*
cd /usr/lib/alsa-lib*
./configure;make;make install

cd /usr/lib
bunzip2 alsa-utils*
tar -xf alsa-utils*
cd /usr/lib/alsa-utils*
./configure;make;make install

amixer set 'PCM' 60 unmute
amixer set 'Master Digital' 60 unmute
alsactl store

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa ]; then exec /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa start; fi



here follows a script called /usr/bin/aik_kernel_install. It will always overwrite that supplied by slackware if the same linux version number is supplied. Note it takes a copy of the config but not in the same place as the one from the compile above. Therefore I hav a history of configs that I compile against and a copy of the one I've installed.

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
echo must enter the linux version number
exit -1
fi

cd /usr/src/linux

/bin/cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-ide-$1
/bin/cp /usr/src/linux/.config /boot/config-ide-$1
/bin/cp /usr/src/linux/.config /home/alex/slackware/config-ide-$1
/bin/cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-ide-$1

best of luck