Recompiling Kernel
 

I'm running kernel v 2.4.22 and i just downloaded a patch for v 2.4.23 .... i know this is gonna sound stupid and i'm really new to linux , but how do i recompile my kernel with this new patch.
thanks for the help!

The below should work if you already have the 2.4.22 sources installed in /usr/src.

NOTE: if patch gives errors then you probably don't have a clean 2.4.22 source and you should just download 2.4.23.

WARNING Not checked for typos or errors.

mv patch-2.4.23.bz2 /usr/src
cd /usr/src
bzip2 -dc patch-2.4.23.bz2 | patch -p0
rm -f linux
mv linux-2.4.22 linux-2.4.23
ln -s linux-2.4.23 linux
cd linux
make mrproper
cp /boot/config-ide-2.4.22 .config #Your /boot/config may be different
make oldconfig
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cat arch/i386/boot/bzImage >/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.23
cp .config /boot/config-ide-2.4.23
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.23
cd /boot
mkinitrd initrd-2.4.23.img 2.4.23 #May not be necessary

Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add this:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.23
label="2.4.23"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.23.img #May not be necessary
append=" your standard append"
root="your root partition"
read-only

Save lilo.conf
lilo
reboot

thanks so much for your help

You're welcome. HTH.