hi jeff, following the steps as above, @ rpmbuild -bb kernel.spec i get, error: File /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/kernel-2.6.25.42xenCUSTOM.tar.gz: No such file or directory checking, grep CUSTOM * kernel.spec:Version: 2.6.25.42xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:Source: kernel-2.6.25.42xenCUSTOM.tar.gz kernel.spec:Provides: kernel-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:cp $KBUILD_IMAGE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/efi/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:ln -s efi/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/ kernel.spec:cp arch/powerpc/boot/$KBUILD_IMAGE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:cp $KBUILD_IMAGE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:cp System.map $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/System.map-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:cp .config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/config-2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM kernel.spec:/lib/modules/2.6.25.4-2-xenCUSTOM which is a result, i presume, of @ make menuconfig -> General Setup settings, [*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers --> (-xenCUSTOM) Local version - append to kernel release [ ] Automatically append version information to the version string 'good practice' sez rename the kernel ... not ok to do so here? or, to be done in other fashion? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org