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On 06/30/2012 05:50 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> Thanks. Now more questions. I have read about this a few times but |
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> never quite figured it out. I copy the bzImage and name it bzImage-* |
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> because that is what it is named when I type make etc to build a |
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> kernel. Is there a difference between bzImage and vmlinux? If it is, |
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> is it safe to rename it like that or will it break something? If I |
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> need a vmlinux kernel instead of a bzImage, where is that thing? I |
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> have looked and I don't have one on mine here. Maybe I am missing |
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> something. Google didn't find me anything either. |
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The bzImage is a vmlinuz (or vmlinuz) image, and is what grub2 expects |
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to use with a "linux" kernel definition. |
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I usually copy the bzImage to a file named "gentoo.XYZ" where the XYZ is |
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the kernel version number. I'm not sure if |
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grub-mkconfig is yet smart enough to figure it out completely, but I've |
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been using grub2 with my gentoo partitions for a while. |
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Certainly, grub-mkconfig in fedora recognizes the gentoo disk properly |
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as another linux installation (via the os-prober) and |
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builds menuentries for them. It may just be reading the grub2/grub.cfg |
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file I wrote. |
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One thing is certain, grub2 doesn't have to have all the scripting and |
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rigamarole that fedora and GNU put in via the grub-mkconfig |
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command, a simple config file will work as well. GNU has grub2 in the |
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RC1 phase right now and I've built it under fedora and gentoo |
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and use it. I've gone from using a grub2 cdrom boot to using the BIOS |
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boot menu device select to control whether I'm going into |
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Linux or Win7 (Win7 is on the default device and grub2 for fedora and |
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gentoo are on other discs.) |
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I'm using a shared /home partition with slightly different uids for each |
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system, but a common "username". Each uid homedir |
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contains native dotfiles for a variety of services and some symlinks to |
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a common set of {Documents, Downloads,Public,Pictures, |
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and public_html} directories. |
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Grub2 isn't that hard to do, it's just /different/ |
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