How To Compile A Kernel – The CentOS Way

Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
Last edited 11/23/2006

Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on CentOS systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.

I have tested this on CentOS 4.4.

I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

Nano-Howto to use more than one independent Internet connection.

Nano-Howto to use more than one independent Internet connection.
by Christoph Simon
v1.0, Dec  2, 2001
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1. Intro
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1.0 Thanks
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The solution presented here is based on the patches by Julian Anastasov. Like several other users on the net struggling with this, I believe they fill in yet another gap for using Linux as a very advanced router. It was hard for me not only to get this running for the first time, but also to understand most of the principles. Also in this Julian has proofed to have unlimited patience. Thanks. He also agreed to expose this file on his site:

            http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/~julian/nano.txt