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Newer page: version 2 Last edited on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:52:51 am by IanMcDonald
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:56:40 pm by perry Revert
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-INSTALLKERNEL  
-!!!INSTALLKERNEL  
+<verbatim>  
 NAME 
-SYNOPSYS  
-DESCRIPTION  
-BUGS  
-SEE ALSO  
- ----  
-!!NAME  
+ installkernel - install a new kernel image  
  
+SYNOPSIS  
+ installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]  
  
-installkernel - install a new kernel image  
-!!SYNOPSYS  
+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-{version}, 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 {direc-  
+ tory}/vmlinuz and {directory}/vmlinuz.old. ({version} is the new ker-  
+ nel's version.)  
  
-__ installkernel__ ''version zImage System .map  
-[[directory]''  
-!!DESCRIPTION  
+ installkernel calls mkboot -i to make the system bootable after the  
+ kernel is installed
  
-  
-__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-{version}'', 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''. (''{version}'' 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 kernel  
- 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(8), lilo(8), lilo.conf(5)  
-----  
+BUGS  
+ installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel 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 parti-  
+ tion being mounted.  
+</verbatim>  
+<pre>  
+ SEE ALSO  
+ [ mkboot(8)] , [ lilo(8)] , [ lilo.conf(5)]  
+</pre>  
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