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Linuxnewbie.org: My steps to building and installing the 2.4 kernel in Redhat 7

[ Thanks to Sensei
for this link. ]

“I was getting really frustrated building this kernel using the
online and hard copy resources, because they sorta get sketchy in
some parts (ie ‘depends on the system’, ‘if you want’, ‘might be a
good idea’). So I got together all of my resources in one place,
sat down with the README and CHANGES docs that come with the
kernel, and decided to document, step by step, the process I went
through. Of course I don’t go through every config option the
kernel has to offer, but if you need information on each choice you
have, do ‘xconfig’ like I do below, and there’s help all along the
way.”

“This was done on a *fresh* install of Redhat 7 on an AMD
700MHz, with a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI, and 128MB RAM….”

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