Suse 10 on HP nc6230 - Kernel Compile

     1 make xconfig -----> GUI/ gtk based

  2  make menuconfig ----> ncurses based

 3.
After you make all choices save settings into .config file
 4.
    Run$ nice +19 make bzImage
 5.
    $ nice +19 make modules This will take a long time so go to sleep...
 6.
    Run make modules_install
    Warning: This will install modules in /lib/modules directory.
 7.
    cp /usr/src/linux-your-version/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-your-version
 8.
    cp /usr/src/linux-your-version/System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.11-version
 9.
    cp /usr/src/linux-your-version/.config /boot/config-2.6.11-version
10.
    Unlink the old vmlinuz, initrd
     depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.14-default
     cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.14/System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.14
 ln -S /boot/System.map-2.6.14 /boot/System.map

11.
    Now execute, mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.11-version -i initrd-2.6.11-version -b /boot
try mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.14-default -i initrd-2.6.14-default -b /boot -a acpi_dsdt
done. mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.14-default -i initrd-2.6.14-default -b /boot
12.
    If you have a splash image then (check www.bootsplash.de) enable bootsplash option in the kernel config file .config,
    mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.11.10 -i initrd-2.6.11.10 -s 1024x768 -b /boot
13.
    Create softlinks to new vmlinuz, initrd
14.
    Edit your grub menu.lst if required