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Michael Mol wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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>>> Thanks for "announcing" this Dale. grub-2.00 is in ~arch as of last night. |
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>>> Given your current naming scheme, grub2-mkconfig will not detect your |
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>>> kernels. They must be named vmlinuz-version or kernel-version. For |
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>>> example: |
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>>> /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.3 |
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>>> /boot/kernel-2.6.39-gentoo |
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>>> Your initramfs files look good. |
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>>> Space wise, grub needs a couple hundred sectors after your MBR to |
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>>> embed itself. If you used the default fdisk setting when you |
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>>> partitioned your drive, you should have 2047 free sectors that it can |
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>>> use. |
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>>> If you have your kernels named properly and some free sectors on your |
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>>> hard drive, setting up grub:2 is a very easy process. See the wiki |
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>>> page for more info. |
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>>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2_Quick_Start |
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>>> |
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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 need |
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>> a vmlinux kernel instead of a bzImage, where is that thing? I have |
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>> 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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> AFAIK, you should be fine renaming bzImage to vmlinuz. (Note the z. |
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> It's vmlinuz, not vmlinux") |
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Well that fixed one thing already. lol I bet I would have named that |
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wrong. ;-) |
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vmlinuz. Weird. They did that to confuse me didn't they. :/ |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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