View source for Building a kernel from standard source

== squeeze ==
 cp /boot/configXXXX .config
 make oldconfig

 make -j3 deb-pkg 

=Jessie=
 cp /boot/configXXXX .config
 make oldconfig
 fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd -j2  kernel_image

=Lenny=
For building new kernels on Lenny you may also need to patch:
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-kernel@lists.debian.org/msg53960.html
<pre>
tar -xvzf debian_lenny_kernel-package.diff.tgz -C /tmp
cd /
patch  -p0 < /tmp/root/temp/debian_lenny_kernel-package.diff
</pre>



  make-kpkg kernel_image
  dpkg -i ../<imagename>.deb

build initrd
  update-initramfs -c -k vmlinuz-2.6.29.1

add initrd to grub boot menu