Please find kernel installation procedure tailored for UBUNTU 10.04.

1. Download the latest stable kernel from http://www.kernel.org

1. As on 23rd Sep 2010 it is linux-2.6.35.5.tar.bz2
2. Move the tar ball to an archive folder, for me it is ~/Download
3. It is good idea to work as user-root. Do the following
1. $ sudo su
2. Enter correct password
3. $ passwd root
4. Enter correct password for user-root twice
5. $ su
6. enter password for the user-root.
7. You can see the super user prompt #
4. Extract kernel source code with this command
1. # tar jxf linux-2.6.35.5.tar.bz2
5. # cd linux-2.6.35.5
6. Install required tools and packages for configuring, building, installing
the kernel.
1. # apt-get install fakeroot kernel-wedge build-essential makedumpfile
kernel-package libncurses5 libncurses5-dev
7. It is good idea to REuse running kernel configuration, so issue following
command
# cp vi /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
8. A necessary early step needed to compile the kernel source code # make men
uconfig
9. To speed up the build if you have a dual core processor type, # export CON
CURRENCY_LEVEL=3
1. You can find the processor type in mycomputer->properties->general
10. Use Debian make-kpkg utility, to create the kernel related Debian package
s. # make-kpkg clean
11. Build the package called kernel to produce kernel image and headers.
1. # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-23092010 kernel-i
mage kernel-headers
12. It takes 3 to 4 hours, let it do its work and you do yours J.
After the kernel is built you see following files.
1. Linux-headers-2.6.35-23092010_2.6.35-22092010-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
2. Linux-image-2.6.35-23092010_2.6.35-22092010-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
13. Now let s install the debian packages (our kernel J)
# dpkg i Linux-image-2.6.35-23092010_2.6.35-22092010-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
# dpkg i Linux-headers-2.6.35-23092010_2.6.35-22092010-10.00.Custom_i386.de
b
14. Update the initramfs archive found in /boot folder.
1. # update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.35-23092010
 15. Take backup of grub.cfg in /boot/grub/ directory, it may be useful if err
or occurs.
1. # cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg.bkp

Now, pay attention read steps completely and do it.

16. In the menuentry block for Ubuntu with linux 2.6.35.5- ., observe the comman
d
search no-floppy fs-uuid set someMagicNumber. on line starting with linux
replace /dev/sda1 with UUID=someMagicNumber
17. Now in the same block as above for menuentry just before } insert this li
ne.
1. initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35.5-23092010
18. close all applications on Ubuntu and restart it.
1. # reboot
19. The Ubuntu may appear unstable at first boot up and throw up some error m
essages,
if so just wait for X-Windows to load (i.e., GUI) close all applications
on ubuntu,
shutdown ubuntu, close VM VB, restart windows, then run VM VB, Ubuntu, be
little more
patient with errors, it should be fine.