LPIC Chap 1 - Page 2

Once you have configured the kernel to work with you specific situation you need to compile your new kernel.

make bzImage

make modules

make modules_install

This will compile the kernel and create a file called bzImage located in the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386 directory. If you are compiling on a non x86 based system your kernel my be stored in a different directory. The next two commands create you modules and place the in the correct locations for the kernel to load them when needed. After this is complete you must copy the bzImage file to the /boot directory for you boot loader to access.

cp ../arch/i386/boot/bzimage /boot/vmLinuz-2.6.10