Re: [gentoo-server] binary kernel package

[Tom Grace]

Hi,

> i'd like to avoid having to compile a kernel on each and every host. how
> do you install a prebuilt kernel onto the host, fx. after having deployed
> a stage4 using quickstart?
Just curiosity, but what is the problem with doing a kernel compile on each
machine?
I was thinking could you config/make the kernel on one machine, then
.tar.bz2 up the whole /usr/src/linux directory, then just do the install
phase on the target machine?

Just wondering if there's a simple solution to this :)

On 10/02/2008, Todd Hebert <todd@×××.ie> wrote:
>
> Wow!
>
> That's a Gentoo-minded admin. :)
>
> That would be easy too.. make a tarball of the binary kernel, copy the
> standard kernel ebuild and add a new section to drop the binaries in place
> from the new tarball, then put the new ebuild in an overlay!
>
> Petteri, that is one very elegant idea! Kudos!  (I'll make note of it for
> future kit rollouts myself!)
>
> --Todd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petteri Räty <petteri.raty@××××××××××.fi>
> To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:59:46 +0200
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] binary kernel package
>
> > Thilo Bangert kirjoitti:
> > >
> > > i'd like to avoid having to compile a kernel on each and every host.
> > how
> > > do you install a prebuilt kernel onto the host, fx. after having
> > deployed
> > > a stage4 using quickstart? the best thing i can come up with is
> > writing
> > > my own custom script, which pulls a tarball via http. the tarball has
> > the
> > > modules, the initrd and the kernel...
> > >
> >
> > You could write an ebuild installing a binary kernel to /boot
> >
> > Regards,
> > Petteri
> >
>
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