Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:21:15 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> I didn't even know about make install until I read this thread, I >>> always manually copied kernels over. > >> I have always copied mine over manually too. I keep quite a few spares >> laying around, just in case. > > Make install only copies the new kernel, it doesn't touch your existing > ones. However, if you use symlinks in /boot, it links the new > kernel to vmlinuz and the previous one to vmlinuz.old, which removes the > need to alter your grub config. > >
I'm sure that works but I've been doing the way I do it because that works for me. This is what I end up with: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5148896 Dec 6 2013 /boot/kernel-3.11.6-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5269728 Mar 23 2014 /boot/kernel-3.13.6-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5309456 Apr 6 2014 /boot/kernel-3.14.0-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5370192 Aug 10 2014 /boot/kernel-3.16.0-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5371280 Oct 6 2014 /boot/kernel-3.16.3-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5316576 Oct 25 2014 /boot/kernel-3.16.3-2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5388960 May 1 00:53 /boot/kernel-3.18.12-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5387488 Feb 8 13:10 /boot/kernel-3.18.5-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5387680 Feb 27 18:03 /boot/kernel-3.18.7-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5387584 Mar 14 16:56 /boot/kernel-3.18.9-1 I also save the config with the same version part as the kernel, that way I know which config goes with which kernel. Everyone has their own way of doing what works for them. I just prefer to copy my own manually with a name that makes sense to me. I don't think make install will do this the way I do it. To each his own. Dale :-) :-)
