Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 15:57:07 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>> When you install your kernel, do you use make install or do you copy the
>> kernel to /boot manually?  I do mine manually but also copy it manually
>> as well.  That makes it hard for me to recall how to use the dracut
>> command.  It requires a kernel version etc etc. 
> I use make install. If I trust the makefile to build the kernel and it's
> module tree, and copy the modules to the correct location, why wouldn't I
> trust it to copy a single file to /boot at the same time?
>
>> If you do copy yours manually to /boot, what command do you use for
>> dracut?  Maybe I'm doing it a hard way or something and you have a
>> easier method. 
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make all modules_install install
> dracut --kver=$(cat include/config/kernel.release)
>
> It doesn't get much easier ;-)
>
>


From what I've read, I like my way better.  I did have to change the
names from bzimage* to kernel* but other than that, I can use the naming
method I've used for years and keep the good kernels I want.  On
occasion I remove outdated ones I no longer plan to use.  I still wish I
didn't need the init thingy but still. 

My biggest problem, getting the dracut command options right.  If I
didn't need dracut, I'd be in heaven. 

Dale

:-)  :-)