Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

[Dale]

G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> On 06/30/2012 05:50 AM, Dale wrote:
>>
>> Thanks.  Now more questions.  I have read about this a few times but
>> never quite figured it out.  I copy the bzImage and name it bzImage-*
>> because that is what it is named when I type make etc to build a
>> kernel.  Is there a difference between bzImage and vmlinux?  If it is,
>> is it safe to rename it like that or will it break something?  If I need
>> a vmlinux kernel instead of a bzImage, where is that thing?  I have
>> looked and I don't have one on mine here.  Maybe I am missing
>> something.  Google didn't find me anything either.
>>
> As someone else said, the spelling.  For grub-mkconfig to recognize it
> as a kernel
> the default names should begin with "vmlinuz-" or "kernel-"
> For my gentoo disk, I rename the bzImage to gentoo.<XYZ> where the XYZ
> is the kernel
> version number.  I hand mung the grub.cfg (still legacy grub) in the
> usual fashion.
> I will probably migrate to grub2 pretty quick next time I play with
> the gentoo install.
>
> Grub2 grub-mkconfig os-prober method recognizes grub legacy configs
> and builds proper
> menuentry stanzas as needed.
>
> I'm using multiple discs for booting my system.  The first drive (BIOS
> default) is a Win7 native,
> but I use the BIOS "boot menu" options to usually boot grub2 from
> another drive.  This drive's grub.cfg
> contains all of my linux installations, which are spread around 4
> different drives.
>
Ahhhh, I can name it kernel.  That makes more sense to me.  Me votes for
kernel-x.y.z.  Heck, this may work for me. 

I still don't like the deal of having to run something after changing
the kernel tho.  It seems to lilo-ish to me. 

Dale

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