On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> I actually have deleted quite a bit of this this thread, because it old and
> much repeated stuff. But I notice that everybody always seems to say 'make
> (b)zImage' which is something I never bother to do.
>
> For some considerable period it has been possible to say:-
>
> make install
>
> This has the magical property of doing whatever is the right thing in the
> circumstances and, provided you have edited your /etc/lilo.conf for the
> anticipated change, will set up your MBR as well as copy your (b)zImage to
> your /boot partition (as well as the system map), reset all the symbolic
> links, copy your existing vmlinuz to vmlinuz.old and generally save all this
> angst.
It will copy vmlinuz to /vmlinuz period, unless
/usr/src/linux/Makefile is edited around line 69 and the hash
removed, then /boot will be the default install path.
After reading ./arch/i386/boot/Makefile i would certanly not use make
install on my system, i define a EXTRAVERSION in the Top dir Makefile
and it seems that make install and install.sh in the same directory
dont use the extraversion number, simply .old, now that would render
my system useable with 2 kernels only as modules would be the
biggest problem. Or am i missing something which is before my eys
here so close i cant see it.??.
> It doesn't absolve you from saying:
>
> make modules: make modules_install
>
> but then that isn't normally quite the problem oversize kernels are.
>
> Why doesn't everybody use this?
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
> On 16-Sep-99 Ted Ozolins wrote:
> > Gerd wrote:
> >
> >> And then, right, an all those other little problems, too, where good
> >> documentation is already available.
> >> I translated and enhanced the AX.25-HOWTO not to support this
> >> awful laziness but to provide some hopefully useful information that
> >> I did not find in this form before.
> >> Nevertheless, I will rewrite that particular sentence so that it says
> >> "If any problem not mentioned here occurs refer to the Kernel-
> >> HOWTO since it has more comprehensive information on the topic."
> >> (Yes, I am a bit lazy, too since I do not want to write another
> >> Kernel-HOWTO inside the AX.25-HOWTO.)
> >>
> >> Cheers, 73
> >>
> >> Gerd
> >
> > I can just see it now, "The Ham-HOWTO" published by Que. The best
> > resouce for settting up your ham station under linux. With over 300
> > pages of useful hints and topics, you'll find this book an indispensible
> > addition to your shack. <G> :)
> >
> > (Sorry I just couldn't resist)
> > --
> > Ted Ozolins (VE6TVO)
> > Edmonton, Alberta.
>
> ---
> Dirk-Jan Koopman, Tobit Computer Co Ltd
> At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find
> at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
--
Regards Richard
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