Install Custom Kernels on CentOS

Read: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel


Basic, it suports kernel from CentOS source, not from mainline kernel from kernel.org.

But I have been successfully compiled kernel version 2.6.19 based on CentOS 4.5, and version 2.6.24 based on CentOS 5.5.

Steps:
$make menuconfig // need to enable General config-->enable deprecated sysfs 
$make -j4
$make modules_install
$make install



Ref:
https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=15198&forum=37&post_id=88760#threadbottom