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NAME |
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installkernel - install a new kernel image |
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SYNOPSIS |
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installkernel version zImage System.map [directory] |
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DESCRIPTION |
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installkernel installs a new kernel image onto the system from the |
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Linux source tree. It is called by the Linux kernel makefiles when |
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make install is invoked there. |
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The new kernel is installed into {directory}/vmlinuz-{version}, a link |
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is made from {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously |
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installed kernel is available as {directory}/vmlinuz.old. If you use |
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LILO, /etc/lilo.conf should contain entries for the images {direc- |
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tory}/vmlinuz and {directory}/vmlinuz.old. ({version} is the new ker- |
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nel's version.) |
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installkernel calls mkboot -i to make the system bootable after the |
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kernel is installed. |
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BUGS |
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installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles |
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call it from there. It should really be in /usr/sbin. It isn't needed |
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to boot a system, and it calls mkboot, which depends on the /usr parti- |
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tion being mounted. |
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<pre> |
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SEE ALSO |
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[mkboot(8)], [lilo(8)], [lilo.conf(5)] |
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