Hi all,

I download kernel-2.6.26 and recompile on my one linux machine... everything works fine but I want to install that kernel (modified kernel) on my other linux system (both machine having the same meego distribution). How can I do this (without recompiling from source)?

Thanks & Regards
Komal K Pal

Which Linux Distribution you are using?

If using Red-hat based then you can download the rpm of the required and install it using:

I am using meego distribution. I have downloaded kernel source from kernel.org and did some modification and recompile the kernel now I want to install that modified kernel(2.6.36) on my other system(kernel-2.6.33).

If you wish to upgrade to a newer kernel, you can patch your current kernel instead of downloading an entire new kernel. By patching your existing kernel, you retain your settings from previous kernel compilations. Patching the kernel is a good choice if you wish to upgrade from your current patch level to the next consecutive patch level. For example, patching kernel 2.2.5 to 2.2.6 involves applying one patch. However, if you wish to upgrade the 2.2.5 kernel to 2.2.14, then a patch for each patch level must be applied sequentially. In this case, it may be better to download the entire 2.2.14 kernel. Also, you may not have installed the kernel source code when installing Linux. If this is the case, it will probably be easier to download an entire new kernel. Go to the Finding and Installing Kernel Source Code guide to find out how.

http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...lsources.shtml

I followed the link "http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/compiling-linux-kernel-26.html"
for kernel compilation. And Its worked perfectly. But I want to install that modified kernel on my other system...how can I do this?
Or how can I create rpm installation file of my modified kernel?

I had follow the link "http://www.rocksclusters.org/rocks-documentation/3.2.0/customization-kernel.html". But it giving me error while I run "make rpm"
ends with
rpm --target i386 -ta ../kernel-2.6.36netbook.tar.gz
--target: unknown option
make[1]: *** [rpm] Error 1
make: ***[rpm] Error 2

What I would do is copy the compiled source directory to the new system and run the install commands.

Actually rpmdevtools package was missing...after installing rpmdevtools rpm package was created.
When I install this rpm on my other system its created vmlinux-2.6.36-netbook.bz2, vmlinuz-2.6.36-netbook, System.map-2.6.36-netbook and config-2.6.26-netbook in boot directory but extlinux does not changed.
I manually edit the extlinux.conf file but system unable to boot with 2.6.36 kernel.