Linux 2.6.12.5 installation on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0

1. Requirements
a. module-init-tools-3.1.tar.bz2
b. linux-2.6.12.5.tar.bz2

2. Install module-init-tools-3.1
$ su -
$ tar xvfj module-init-tools-3.1.tar.bz2
$ cd module-init-tools-3.1
$ ./configure --prefix=/
$ make
$ make moveold
$ make install
$ generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf

3. Install linux kernel
$ su -
$ cp linux-2.6.12.5.tar.bz2 /usr/src
$ cd /usr/src

3.1 Extract archive

$ tar xvfj linux-2.6.12.5.tar.bz2
$ cd linux-2.6.12.5

3.2 Copy old kernel configuration
$ cp /boot/config-2.4.21.EL .config

3.3 Modify kernel parameters
$ make menuconfig

File Systems -> Ext3 journaling file system support = <*>
Device Drivers -> Networking Support -> Networking Options -> SCTP Configuration -> The SCTP Protocol =

3.4 Compile kernel and modules
$ make

3.5 Install kernel modules
$ make modules_install

3.6 Install kernel to /boot and boot loader
$ make install

3.7 Update boot loader
$ lilo

4. File system changes

4.1 Create sys directory
$ mkdir /sys

4.2 Update rc.sysinit
$ vi /etc/rc.sysinit

Add this line after "mount -n -t proc /proc /proc"

mount -n -t sysfs none /sys

4.3 Update fstab
$ vi /etc/fstab

Append this line

none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0