John Jolet wrote: > > > > On 2/16/06 11:05 AM, "Michael Kintzios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: 16 February 2006 16:10 >>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the >>> installation of Gentoo >>> >>>>> make install does exactly the same, and sets up the vmlinuz and >>>>> vmlinuz.old symlinks to point to your new and previous kernel >>>>> respectively, so you don't need to edit grub.conf. >>>> >>>> Hmm, it doesn't on my two boxen. :-( I do not have a vmlinuz, >>>> System.map and config links. >>>> >>>> Do I have to first set up the symlinks manually? >>> >>> Looking as /sbin/installkernel, it doesn't appear that you >>> have to create >>> the links. Of course, you do have to make sure /boot is >>> mounted first :) >> >> Yep, /boot is always mounted (just to be sure I won't forget it, I >> always mount it before I even cd into /usr/src/linux). Running make && >> make modules_install does *not* create any links in my /boot directory, >> ever. Could it be that there's something wrong with my system(s) - at >> least three installations have always behaved like this . . . > No, make makes the bzImage under /usr/src/linux.....arch/.....boot > And make modules_install installes the modules in /lib, I think. Neither > of > them touches /boot. I THINK there's a make install that's supposed to do > some stuff for you, but I prefer to do those steps by hand.
I am confused: how many 'make install's are there? Don't they 'all' do the same? Are we talking about a customised (hacked) make install here? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
