INSTALLKERNEL(L)                                 INSTALLKERNEL(L)



NAME
       installkernel - install a new kernel image

SYNOPSYS
       installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]

DESCRIPTION
       installkernel  installs a new kernel image onto the system
       from the Linux source tree.  It is  called  by  the  Linux
       kernel makefiles when make install is invoked there.

       The new kernel is installed into {directory}/vmlinuz-{ver-
       sion}, a link is made from {directory}/vmlinuz to the  new
       kernel,  and  the previously installed kernel is available
       as   {directory}/vmlinuz.old.    If    you    use    LILO,
       /etc/lilo.conf  should  contain  entries  for  the  images
       {directory}/vmlinuz and  {directory}/vmlinuz.old.   ({ver-
       sion} is the new kernel's version.)

       installkernel  calls mkboot -i to make the system bootable
       after the kernel is installed.

BUGS
       installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux ker-
       nel  makefiles call it from there.  It should really be in
       /usr/sbin.  It isn't needed to boot a system, and it calls
       mkboot, which depends on the /usr partition being mounted.

SEE ALSO
       mkboot(t), lilo(o), lilo.conf(f)



Debian Linux                7 Jan 2001           INSTALLKERNEL(L)