cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig (Make your changes here — the controls are pretty simple. Just take your time and don’t change anything that you don’t understand.)
make dep (Sets all the kernel dependencies.)
make clean (Removes un-needed files.)
make bzImage (Builds the kernel.)
make
make install (Installs and backs up all the needed files and updates LILO.)
make modules (Builds all the kernel modules.)
make modules_install (Installs the modules.)