Hi Kartik,

You need not create a RPM from the TAR file.You can directly unzip and
compile the kernel.

You can follow these steps.

1) Untar the kernel.
2) Run "make mrproper" in the unzipped kernel directory.
3) Run "make menuconfig"
4) Run "make"
5) Run "make modules"
6) Run "make modules_install".
7) At the end run "make install"

The last step should make an entry in your bootloader's conf file (GRUB or
LILO). If the last step gives some errors you have to manually edit the
bootloader's  conf file.

Try and let me know if you face any issues.

Regards
Ajitpal Singh

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:16 PM, kartik k prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using Centos 5.0 and want to upgrade he kernel to the latest stable
> version 2.6.26
> I am not getting my way to build the rpm from the tar file that I could
> download from kernel.org's mirror site.
> Can someone help me with a howto or steps to achieve this.
> I searched and tried some of them, including the buildkernel script, but am
> not able to make headway.
> Being new, I am sure I need help.
> thanks a lot in advance.
> kartik.
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