Compiling The Kernel (Cont.)

• Then, compile the kernel's main part (might take 5-30 minutes):

  make bzImage

  After this step, we should have the following new file:

  [root@simey linux]# ls -l arch/i386/boot/bzImage 
  -rw-r--r--    1 root   root   1064017 Jan 16 01:53 arch/i386/boot/bzImage
       

• Then, compile the kernel modules (might take 5-30 minutes):

  make modules

Originally written by guy keren