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Upgrading to a new kernel version

When you want to upgrade your kernel, for example go from 2.6.7 to 2.6.8 or from 2.4.26 to 2.4.27, you don't have to go through your whole kernel-config, you can simply copy the .config file from your previous kernel, and then run 'make oldconfig'. That basically uses the settings from the previous kernel, but asks you about any new settings that come up.

Use the following code to upgrade from a 2.6.7 to a 2.6.8 kernel.
# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.8
# cp ../linux-2.6.7/.config .
# make oldconfig
...
# make && make modules_install