On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote: > Alexander Samad wrote: > >> sudo CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=4 make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image > > You shouldn't compile using root permissions. You don't need to use > sudo there and it is not desired. >From the kernel-package documentation: 4% $Get_Root make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image (Get_Root is whatever you need to become root -- fakeroot or sudo are examples that come to mind).