1 Introduction

This is release 0.2 of the Kernel-HOWTO. Is this document for you? Well, if you've got any of the following symptoms:

``Arg! This wizzo-46.5.6 package says it needs kernel 1.1.193 and I've still only got release 1.0!''
There's a device driver in one of the newer kernels that you just gotta have
You really have no idea at all how to compile a kernel
``Is this stuff in the README really the whole story?''
You came, you tried, it didn't work
You know how to compile and install a kernel, and people seem to know this. Therefore, they keep whining to you to help them install their kernels.

1.1 Assumptions

Some of the examples in this document assume that you have GNU tar, find, and xargs. These are standard with distributions. It is also assumed that you know your system's filesystem structure; if you don't, it is critical that you keep a written copy of the mount command's output during normal system operation (or a listing of /etc/fstab, if you can read it). This information is important, and doesn't change unless you repartition your disk, add a new one, reinstall your system, or something similar.

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