Gentoo Kernel Rebuild (samba support)

Trying to compile a new kernel with samba support built in... I'll install this one as a different kernel image in the /boot folder. (See the Gentoo handbook for details on what is going on here.)

# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

Go to File Systems, Network File Systems, and turn ON the SMB file system support. Exit and save.

# make && make modules_install

# mount /dev/hda1 /boot

# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.3-20040501-samba
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.3-20040501-samba
# cp .config /boot/config-2.6.3-20040501-samba

Now, edit the grub configuration file (/boot/grub/grub.conf), and add the new kernel to the list. Here's what my new grub config file looks like:

default 0
timeout 30

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.3 (Samba Support, May 1 2004)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.3-20040501-samba root=/dev/hda2

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.3
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.3-gentoo root=/dev/hda2

By leaving a 30 second timeout and leaving the old kernel information in the config file, I have a bit of a window to flip back to the previous kernel if needed. (Not my idea, saw it somewhere else on the web.)