cd /usr/src wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ KERNELVERSION tar xvfz KERNEL.tar.gz mv LINUXVERSION linux cd linux make menuconfig make && make modules_install cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-VERSION cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-VERSION vi /etc/lilo.conf //edit vmlinuz, new Linux> /sbin/lilo reboot