Fedora Core 4 - Upgrade to kernel 2.6.20
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    # cd /usr/src/
    # wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2
    # tar -jxvf linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2
    # ln -sfn linux-2.6.20 linux
    # cd linux
    # make mrproper
    # cp /boot/config-$(uname -r)  .config
    # make menuconfig
    
        1- Load an Alternate Configuration File
                .config
                ok
    
        2- Processor type and features  --->
                Processor family (Pentium-Pro)  --->
                        (X) Pentium-4/Celeron(P4-based)/Pentium-4 M/older Xeon
    
        3-  Networking  --->
                Networking options  ---> 
                        [*] Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)  --->
                                Core Netfilter Configuration  ---> 
                                         Netfilter netlink interface
                                           Netfilter NFQUEUE over NFNETLINK interface
                                           Netfilter LOG over NFNETLINK interface
                                         Netfilter connection tracking support
                                                Netfilter connection tracking support (Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking)  --->
                                        [*] Connection tracking flow accounting
                                        [*] Connection mark tracking support
                                        [*] Connection tracking security mark support
                                        [*] Connection tracking events (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         SCTP protocol connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         Amanda backup protocol support
                                         FTP protocol support
                                         H.323 protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         IRC protocol support
                                         NetBIOS name service protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         PPtP protocol support
                                         SIP protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         TFTP protocol support
                                         Connection tracking netlink interface (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         Netfilter Xtables support (required for ip_tables)
                                           "CLASSIFY" target support
                                           "MARK" target support
                                           "NFQUEUE" target Support
                                           "NFLOG" target support
                                           "SECMARK" target support
                                           "CONNSECMARK" target support
                                           "comment" match support
                                           "connbytes" per-connection counter match support
                                           "connmark" connection mark match support
                                           "conntrack" connection tracking match support
                                           "DCCP" protocol match support
                                           "DSCP" match support
                                           "ESP" match support
                                           "helper" match support
                                           "length" match support
                                           "limit" match support
                                           "mac" address match support
                                           "mark" match support
                                           IPsec "policy" match support
                                           Multiple port match support
                                           "physdev" match support
                                           "pkttype" packet type match support
                                           "quota" match support
                                           "realm" match support
                                           "sctp" protocol match support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                           "state" match support
                                           "statistic" match support
                                           "string" match support
                                           "tcpmss" match support
                                           "hashlimit" match support
                                IP: Netfilter Configuration  ---> 
                                         IPv4 connection tracking support (required for NAT)
                                        [*]   proc/sysctl compatibility with old connection tracking (NEW)
                                         IP Userspace queueing via NETLINK (OBSOLETE)
                                         IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)
                                           IP range match support
                                           TOS match support
                                           recent match support
                                           ECN match support
                                           AH match support
                                           TTL match support
                                           Owner match support
                                           address type match support
                                           Packet filtering
                                             REJECT target support
                                           LOG target support
                                           ULOG target support
                                           TCPMSS target support
                                           Full NAT
                                         MASQUERADE target support
                                         REDIRECT target support
                                         NETMAP target support
                                         SAME target support
                                         Basic SNMP-ALG support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         Packet mangling
                                           TOS target support
                                           ECN target support
                                           TTL target support
                                           CLUSTERIP target support (EXPERIMENTAL)
                                         raw table support (required for NOTRACK/TRACE)
                                         ARP tables support
                                           ARP packet filtering
                                           ARP payload mangling
        4-  File systems  --->
                <*> Second extended fs support
                <*> Ext3 journalling file system support
                <*> Reiserfs support 
                <*> JFS filesystem support 
                <*> XFS filesystem support
    
    # make all && make modules_install && make install
    # reboot
    
        ( choose "Fedora Core (2.6.20)" manually and test new kernel )
    
    # vi /etc/grub.conf
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        default=0
        .
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_BY: Pejman Moghadam_  
_TAG: kernel_  
_DATE: 2007-07-11 16:32:36_