1. Download and install the sources for your kernel.
2. Go to the kernel source code directory and run the command: make menuconfig
3. Running the configuration tool that is started with #2 above, configure your kernel with the options and drivers you need.
4. Save the configuration and exit tool - this generates the file .config in the kernel source directory.
5. Edit the Makefile to set the kernel name information. For some kernels, this would be the EXTRA_VERSION make variable.
6. Build the kernel with the 'make' command.
7. Install the headers, modules, and kernel with the commands: make headers_install modules_install install
In #7, you have to install either logged in as root, or with sudo.
This was the 30 second kernel build tutorial. Have fun, and good luck... :-)
