# run your own 4.17 kernel in NRR for fun and profit
**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/run-your-own-4-17-kernel-in-nrr-for-fun-and-profit/4408
**Category:** Rolling 2018.01
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/run-your-own-4-17-kernel-in-nrr-for-fun-and-profit/4408 "2018-03-07T04:59:22Z")
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### Author:  [@sp2004c](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/sp2004c)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/run-your-own-4-17-kernel-in-nrr-for-fun-and-profit/4408/1 "2018-03-07T04:59:22Z")
[color=#66cc33]The following tutorial is not officially supported, and could potentially harm your system, proceed at your own risk.[/color]
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now … 😃 git clone (or unZip) this [https://github.com/manjaro/packages-core](https://github.com/manjaro/packages-core) :idea:
and in 417 subdir run
makepkg
as usual 😪
follow guide: [https://wiki.parabola.nu/Kernel\_native\_compilation](https://wiki.parabola.nu/Kernel_native_compilation)
more or less 🆒
you get a working kernel and initrd, but there may well be graphics driver problems,
so you’re stuck in the bash shell. :-/
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### Author:  [@sp2004c](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/sp2004c)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/run-your-own-4-17-kernel-in-nrr-for-fun-and-profit/4408/2 "2018-05-23T23:54:58Z")
with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracut\_(software)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracut_(software)) you get a working RAMDISK for NRR / Manja real quick. 🙂
else use your regular mkinitcpio with -P possibly
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### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/run-your-own-4-17-kernel-in-nrr-for-fun-and-profit/4408/3 "2018-05-24T02:43:14Z")
One more time, you need to start adding a disclaimer that these tutorials of yours are NOT officially supported.
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### Author:  [@sp2004c](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/sp2004c)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/run-your-own-4-17-kernel-in-nrr-for-fun-and-profit/4408/4 "2018-05-24T07:46:12Z")
-march=native no longer works right away. linker breaks now. may still be poss somehow.
always keep a backup copy of a known working “.config” , the corresponding kernel binary “bzImage” and a working initrd in a safe subdir to fall back on in case of crash / hang. In .config (i.e. make xconfig) you have to tread carefully since many options will render the kernel unbootable without further meddling.
keep in mind: you get boot fail if:
mismatch of either one component: kernel-binary “bzImage”, initrd , and stuff under /lib/modules
e.g. at some stage /lib/modules/4.17.0-1-MANJARO+
will be filled by “time sudo make modules\_install” mind the + at the end, without it: BOOT FAIL 😛