I have never compiled a kernel.........yet .I am about to attempt it however, I would like a step by step cookbook style on how to compile the latest linux kernel on slackware 9.1 for a Dual processor PIII 600 IBM Netfinity 5600 with an IBM ServRaid 3H card.

any pointers and advice would be GREATLY appreciated... thanks

go to www.slackware.com click on book, or this link :-D http://www.slackware.com/book/index....urce=x948.html go to compiling the kernel

# mv /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old
# cat arch/i386/boot/zImage > /vmlinuz
# mv /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.old
# cp System.map /boot/System.map

should be changed to:

# mv /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old
# cat arch/i386/boot/zImage > /boot/vmlinuz
# mv /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.old
# cp System.map /boot/System.map

keep this in mind at other points where you need to specify it

also this has changed for 2.6.x, but not enough that you can't figure it out (make dep is gone, thats about it)

when compiling your kernel go default on anything you are clueless about, but try to read thehelp descriptions a lot. you need toi have a good understanding/knowledge of what hardware is in your computer.