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 just things used in the old days but now too outdated or replaced by |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