I have downloaded the enw kernel, it surprises me that it is only 760KB, its size is so small. And the file name is patch-2.6.1.bz2.
How should I deal with this file? Where should I put it into?
Thanks for help.

You've only downloaded a patch to apply to the 2.6.0 kernel. The full kernel will be about 34M.

The full kernel will end in .tar.bz2.

Thanks for telling me that. I am dowloading the full sources now.

The file name is linux-2.6.1.tar.bz2, so after downloading it and untar it, where should I put the files, in which folder?

I just know the instructions of these:
edit lilo.conf file
edit Makefile file
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make
make install
make modules
make modules_install

however, before those steps, what else I need to do?

Thanks again.

in your home folder is fine. I also add a sub-folder to /boot and edit the Makefile in the source directory --> look for #export INSTALL_PATH=/boot
uncomment it and change it to whatever sub-folder I've made. For instance:
export INSTALL_PATH=/boot/261
Just cd into the source directory, and do this:
make mrproper
make menuconfig
(after finished setting it up...)
make
(now su to root)
make modules_install
make install

This way is much easier. Also check the post by DaOne in the Slackware forum for a great guide. (see moger's post below...thanks moger!)

best of luck.

ICO,

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Thank you very much.