[ale] SuSE 8.2, Building a kernel

[BruceG]

Hey all,

      I'm trying to compile a kernel for SuSE 8.2, and need a few pointers. I 
downloaded a clean kernel from www.kernel.org. I took the 2.4.21 kernel 
(although 22 is now out - but I've been doing the head against the wall thing 
for a while). I did not download patches.

      I extracted the kernel source into /usr/src/linux/2.4.21 - then 
symlinked to /usr/src/linux. I did a make menuconfig, make dep, make bzImage, 
make modules, make modules_install - and updated grub. 

      The boot died, I did not enable reiser support in the kernel. So built 
again, this time forgetting FAT (for my Windows partition) - but was able to 
boot and get a console. So - rebuilding again, making sure to include reiser, 
fat (for Win95), my network card, usbhid support for mouse and joystick, and 
BTTV support. I also copied my XF86Config files: 1 for compiled NVidia 
support, and one for using the open NV drivers. Will swap XF86Config files 
before rebooting.

      I heard about having to do a mkinitrd - how do you do that? And I'm 
probably doing this all wrong, any simple pointers to compiling a kernel in 
SuSE 8.2 land? And should I use a clean kernel from kernel.org, or grab one 
from SuSE? If so, how would I do that?
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