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On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:21:15 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > I didn't even know about make install until I read this thread, I |
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> > always manually copied kernels over. |
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> I have always copied mine over manually too. I keep quite a few spares |
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> laying around, just in case. |
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Make install only copies the new kernel, it doesn't touch your existing |
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ones. However, if you use symlinks in /boot, it links the new |
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kernel to vmlinuz and the previous one to vmlinuz.old, which removes the |
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need to alter your grub config. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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