Compile Linux Kernel 2.6.31.5 on Centos 5.4
[root@server1 ~]# uname -a;date;uptime
Linux server1 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:33:56 EDT 2009 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Sat Oct 24 20:51:19 MYT 2009
20:51:19 up 4 min, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.36, 0.16
[root@server1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.4 (Final)
Download Kernel file from kernel.org, but it depends on your internet connection.
[root@server1 ~]# cd /usr/src
[root@server1 src]# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.31.5.tar.bz2
–2009-10-24 20:56:56– http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.31.5.tar.bz2
Resolving www.kernel.org… 199.6.1.164, 204.152.191.37, 130.239.17.4, …
Connecting to www.kernel.org|199.6.1.164|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 61448996 (59M) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: `linux-2.6.31.5.tar.bz2′2% [> ] 1,554,891 212K/s eta 7m 18s