Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Mittwoch 12 August 2009, Mike Edenfield wrote:
> On 8/12/2009 4:19 PM, Stroller wrote:
> > On 12 Aug 2009, at 15:20, Dale wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>> maske install does that for you, it also sets up the vmlinuz and
> >>> vmlinuz.old symlinks so you don't need to mess with your GRUB config.
> >>
> >> But it doesn't do it the way that I do. I have used it a few times but
> >> it didn't work like I do manually.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > I don't know why anyone would choose to compile & install the kernel any
> > way other than manually. It's only a handful of commands, after all.
>
> $ make && make modules_install
> $ cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-hardened-r1-wombat-4
> $ cp .config /boot/config-2.6.28-hardened-r1-wombat-4
> $ cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.28-hardened-r1-wombat-4
> $ cd /boot
> $ mv vmlinuz vmlinuz.old
> $ mv System.map System.map.old
> $ mv config config.old
> $ ln -sf vmlinuz-2.6.28-hardened-r1-wombat-4 vmlinuz
> $ ln -sf config-2.6.28-hardened-r1-wombat-4 config
> $ ln -sf System.map-2.6.28-hardened-r1-wombat-4 System.map
>
> vs.
>
> $ make && make modules_install && make install

too much to type.
make all modules_install install

is much better.