Compiling kernel 2.6.14.6 with grsec Centos 4.2

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I'm going to give this a go...

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you need gcc to compile kernel.
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Already have it for some Perl modules I installed...

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

ncurses-devel package is needed while compiling kernel

I have no idea what this is, or what it is for, but I am installing it.

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

I like to build my kernels in /usr/local/src

Sounds good to me

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

down Load kernel 2.6.14.6

Wow...my first wget, the reason why I re-did my network to get this beast online.

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

untar the kernel

This was also exciting...

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

download the grsecurity patch

This was real easy to type in....with the few numbers and all...

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

patch the kernel

I typed this command in wrong and it took a while to figure out what happened.

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

cd to the kernel

Easy

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

clean your kernel source configuration etc

Also easy

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

use your current configuration to configure your new kernel

Still easy

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

go into into the menu

It was easy getting there...

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

go to the grsecsecurity option select medium
now to actually compile the kernel

Not so easy...I hope I am doing this right.
Making the stuff was a bit boring to watch.

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

make sure there are *NO* errors after this! If you do get errors the below is not going to work.

copy the new files into your /boot directory.

I got a few warnings, but no errors...here I go

Originally Posted by Soulwatcher

thats it your done save and exit.

CRAP!...was I supposed to rename LABEL to something else? I get an error, file not found. Is there a way to go back and edit the grub.conf file to change root=LABEL=/ to something else?