Re: [gentoo-user] re: make distclean

[Alexander Kapshuk]

So far, I've been building and installing my kernels manually, as
suggested in the handbook:
make && make modules_install
cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-x.x.x-gentoo
Thanks for pointing out the 'make install' option. I'll give that a try.


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 16/12/2013 22:39, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
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>> On 12/16/2013 10:28 PM, Mick wrote:
>>> On Monday 16 Dec 2013 19:57:30 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>>>> On Dec 16, 2013 9:38 PM, "the" <the.guard@××××.ru> wrote:
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>>>>> On 12/16/13 23:30, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>>>>>> Interesting option. Wish it had said it would nuke my .config as
>>>>>> well. Just finished setting it up. Thought I'd follow the advice
>>>>>> given before rebuilding the kernel. Should've backed up the .config
>>>>>> file prior to running 'make distclean'.
>>>>> Thanks for the heads up.
>>>>> Perhaps it's a good idea to include configuration in the binary
>>>> Sounds like good advice. Thought of this as well afterwards.
>>>> Thanks.
>>> Don't you save a copy of your kernel .config in /boot/ ?
>>>
>> Apparently not.
>>
>> Is this the recommended location for a backup copy of .conf?
>
>
> It's what you get when you run make install in the kernel source dir.
>
> If you install your kernel image manually, then you must remember to do
> it yourself. There is no "recommended location" as such - any old place
> is as good as any other place and the choice is really up to you, so a
> recommendation is pointless.
>
> But seeing as the kernel's Makefile makes a copy of the .config and
> System.map in /boot, it makes sense to follow that established pattern.
>
> Or you could just use make install
>
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
>
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