I'm running Slackware 9.1 with the adaptec.s kernel on a dual Pentium II system. I want to recompile to kernel and add support for the second CPU.

Can someone please point me to some instructions on this process?

I have no clue on how to recompile the kernel. I've been using Redhat for a few months but I'm new to slackware.

I never needed to recompile the kernel with Red Hat so I have no clue on how to do this.

Thanks (in advance)

You should check out http://www.tldp.org for an in depth guide for compiling your own kernel. It can be somewhat complicated for someone who has never done it before. You should first check if you have the kernel source. This usually lives under /usr/src/.

Hope this helps...

sure, switch to /usr/src/linux (or downnload and unpack the latest kernel from www.kernel.org) and then switch to the source directory
then do a make menuconfig (for a text based menu for configuring the kernel) or make xconfig, for an X based version of the same, go through ALL the menu options, checking what you need and unchecking what you don't need, some items can be built as modules, that is to say they can be inserted or removed without recompiling, once you have it comfigured to meet your needs then exit, saving your configuration of course, then do a
'make dep clean bzImage modules"
followed by
'make install, modules_install'
this is all done as root of course
and make sure you leave a copy of your old kernel some how to fall back on in case something goes wrong

Pop over to the Slackware forum here on LQ and read DaOne's sticky thread on compiling your own kernel. I've followed his procedure and it has never failed me once.