compiling kernel for an alphaserver (VERY OLD ONE)

[Alan Bort <333101@personal.net.py>]

Ok... here is the deal.

I've read a couple tutorials on compiling kernel and stuff... but in
both my machines I have Mandrake 9.1 and a friend told me that it had
some compatibility issues with the new plain kernel... ANyway... the
problem is that I want to put the new kernel (not the latest, just
2.4.20) on my Alphaserver200 Is that possible.. (I KNOW IT IS)...

Since Lilo is not an option... what happends if I missconfigure
something??? how do I boot to another kernel??? from the bios console???

I've noted that the downloadable file is only 4 MB (a little less)... is
that the FULL kernel???

I'm currently running RH7.0 on my alpha and It's an important machine in
my network... it's the router and the http/sendmail/ftp/etc server...

I'd appreciate all the help you can give me here... I'm new to linux (at
least at this level) and I certainly never did somthing like this... I
don't want to screw THIS one... I'm already downloading RH9 that isn't
supposed to have any trouble with the not-mdified kernel... so I think I
can screw that one up a few times... also... it's an x86 intel... so
LILO works and I can boot to any kernel I want.


Thanks a lot.

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