On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:34:19 -0600, Dale wrote: > >Why not let make do the whole job and add "make install"? That installs > >the kernel, makes the appropriate symlinks to the new and previous > >kernel and backs up your config.
> Because I did that once and it made a mess. I decided I can do it > better than it can. It copied a whole bunch of crap over. Maybe it was > a bug or something. I dunno. Maybe. I know I've been doing it that way for a couple of years, on several boxes, without a problem. It should only copy the kernel, System.map and config to /boot, and make the necessary symlinks to save altering grub.conf. I believe it also runs lilo if necessary, but I don't use lilo so I can't confirm that. -- Neil Bothwick Q: How does a Zen Master order a hot dog? A: "Make me one with everything."
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