On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 01 November 2009 01:29:27 Mark Knecht wrote: >> So I think this thread addresses a question I've had about the kernel >> installation process over the years. I only copy bzImage to /boot with >> a rename to whatever this kernel is. I don't do anything with the >> other files - System.map and something else - which I don't even have >> on most of my systems anymore. They don't seem to be needed. Are they >> just things used in the old days but now too outdated or replaced by >> other stuff? (Like config.gz in the kernel, etc.) >> > > just run > > make && make modules_install && make install > > and everything gets moved to /boot and renamed. Don't worry about extra files, > they're small and not worthy of concern > > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > I don't run make install as it requires (or used to anyway) /boot to be mounted which mine never is unless I'm copying the kernel over. That's why I do the copy by hand.
I could put it all in a script like Neil and others seem to do but I'll forget the script is there and not use it. I've done that before! Thanks, Mark
