I kinda figured that. I was trying to be clear in case someone else was following along. My question still is, is it necessary to run "update-initramfs -c -k 4.8.11" if "make install" performs that function? Does make install do the same thing as the update-initramfs command or do they do something different.
Either way running "make install" and pointing image=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.11 works. It now boots and uname-r returns 4.8.11. Now to see if it has eliminated the segfault I got when trying to access webmin (don't know if it's localized to webmin but it's what I was working on when this came up. Thanks for the help. Rod On 12/2/2016 1:00 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > You don't need to go through all steps again. Just "make install" is enough. > Unless you call "make clean", the compiled files and kernel are still in the > kernel's source directory. > > Adrian > >> On Dec 2, 2016, at 7:45 PM, rod <r.schn...@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote: >> >>> On 12/2/2016 12:13 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> Did you run "make install" in the kernel's source directory after building >>> kernel or did I forget mentioning it? >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> PS: Sorry for the bad quoting style. Currently on mobile. >>> >>>>> On Dec 2, 2016, at 7:05 PM, rod <r.schn...@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 12/2/2016 11:51 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>>>> Change the first SILO entry to: >>>>> >>>>> image=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.11 >>>>> label=Linux >>>>> initrd=/boot/initrd.img-4.8.11 >>>>> >>>>> You simply forgot to modify silo.conf to point to the correct kernel and >>>>> initrd. >>>>> >>>>> Currently it's configured to boot "vmlinuz" from the system's root >>>>> directory which is most likely a symlink to a kernel in /boot (check "ls >>>>> -l /vmlinuz") and use /initrd-4.8.11 as the initrd which is probably a >>>>> symlink as well. >>>>> >>>>> Adrian >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 2, 2016, at 6:32 PM, rod <r.schn...@mythos.freeddns.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> image=/vmlinuz >>>>>> label=Linux >>>>>> initrd=/initrd.img-4.8.11 >>>> >>>> >>>> I noticed that whilst typing the email and have gone looking for >>>> vmlinuz-4.8.11. >>>> >>>> It's not in /boot and updatedb/locate doesn't show one on the system >>>> symlinked or otherwise. >>>> >>>> Did we not create it somehow? Is it supposed to be created when the >>>> kernel is built? >>>> >>>> Building kernels is fun! ;) >>> >> I did make "modules_install" but not "make install". >> >> $ cd linux-4.8.11 >> $ cp -av /boot/config-$(uname -r) . >> $ make oldconfig (Just always <Enter> until the prompt comes back) >> $ make && make modules_install >> $ update-initramfs -c -k 4.8.11 >> >> If I run "make install" it appears to run update-initramfs >> automatically. So is the last line not needed? >> >> Personally I'd rather top reply. I find it easier to see new comments >> that way. No big deal either way. >> >> Rod >
