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On 21 September 2020 15:19:02 CEST, jdm <jdm@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>Hi, |
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>I have read on distrowatch that Gentoo has released some Kernel related |
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>packages. |
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>So having a look round I can see |
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>gentoo-kernel |
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>gentoo-kernel-bin |
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>What are the differences between them? |
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>I assume that using these you no longer need to compile your kernel (if |
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>you don't want to)? |
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>I have tried gentoo-kernel-bin but trying to do a make install throws |
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>sh ./arch/x86/boot/install.sh 5.4.64 arch/x86/boot/bzImage \ |
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> System.map "/boot" |
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>sh: ./arch/x86/boot/install.sh: No such file or directory |
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>make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/Makefile:155: install] Error 127 |
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>make: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:294: install] Error 2 |
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>Anyone else tried this? |
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>Thought it could be useful for a few virtual machines. |
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>Thanks. |
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>John |
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>PS the handbook is down and there is not much related documentation. |
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I would expect the bin versions for the kernel to install the kernel image in /boot. |
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The sources are there for packages that require access to the sources. |
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Joost |
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