Newbie needs help with kernel
 

OK. So I want to re-compile my kernel. I'm running Redhat 9 with GNOME and I have GRUB as my bootloader. I have tried it but when I re-booted I got a nasty message about my kernel panicking and not passing init or something. I realize this is something I did/didn't do in the GRUB configuration file but I don't know exactly what. Is there any documentation regarding Redhat 9 and GRUB and trying to recompile the kernel? I have read alot of stuff about recompiling my kernel but most of it just mentions LILO or doesn't really explain what I'm supposed to do with the GRUB configuration. I also am lost as to where or what file I'm supposed to copy to the /boot directory. I know I have to copy bzImage but I don't know what to copy it to. Is it vmlinuz or vmlinuz-blah-blah or what? Please help!

Thanks,
Phekno

bzImage
 

That's your kernel. Copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot.
Call it, for example, bzImage-2.4.20-v1.
Then change the file /boot/grub/grub.conf to include a reference to that kernel. (Based on what is already there...you'll see what you need to do.) Those vmlinuz'es are kernels too. Just add a new section for your new kernel.
Also: man mkinitrd
That's tricky.
You're also going to get a lot of wierd errors if you're using a stock kernel because RedHat's kernel is what your system is expecting.