# Running a Custom Kernel on Fedora

DevFeed: [Running a Custom Kernel on Fedora](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/running-a-custom-kernel-on-fedora-40666.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/custom-kernel-on-fedora/>)

Published: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [Fedora](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fedora.md>), [Linux Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-kernel.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/make.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modules.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [compilation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compilation.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [custom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/custom.md>), [fedora](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedora.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/make.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modules.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step guide to downloading, patching, configuring, building, and installing a custom Linux kernel on Fedora, using the mainline kernel tree for i686. It also cautions readers to keep a fail-safe kernel available in case the installation fails.

## Source excerpt

Build and install your own kernel on Fedora