From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C902D138A1A for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 331BAE0C77; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:44:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2345E0C32 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:44:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C258322E2D for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:44:34 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:44:27 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel Message-ID: <20141113164427.6d6f0fdb@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20141112173401.2c448c65@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <20141112185020.1f94a404@digimed.co.uk> <20141113092941.704a2251@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1-13-gae5165 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/O8T5.B=ECP_CbRToJqKES=p"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 4c7b39ae-0ade-42b8-8dee-7d15f51fe949 X-Archives-Hash: 4b4043682eed6c00d03292beca6ee450 --Sig_/O8T5.B=ECP_CbRToJqKES=p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:43:21 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > > The kernel is a file on the DVD, not buried in the squashfs > > filesystem - the kernel is needed to mount that filesystem. Given the > > limited number of files on the DVD it quickest to send the lot to > > file. =20 >=20 > Once booted up, I find did not find a file with kernel as part of the > name on neither the minimalcd or livedvd. Usage of "vmlinux" was an > oversite on my part. The kernel is just a file, it can be called anything. It is the contents that are important, which is why I used file. > When I used "vmlinux" to qualify the find search, I found those > previously mentioned, on the booted up medias. Like I told likeWahoa, > I'll have to check there once I unmount the media. I guess I could > download and isoimage and pull it apart, or burn it to usb and look. > For now, I've found something sufficient. With what you and Rich have > said, I also can parse out many different kernels to look at. Either mountthe DVD or loop mount the ISO image, which is what I did, to browse its contents. >=20 >=20 > > % find -type f -exec file {} + | grep kernel > > ./boot/memtest86: Linux x86 kernel > > ./isolinux/gentoo: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage..... > > ./isolinux/kernels.msg: ASCII text =20 Or, as suggested previously, look at the bootloader config file, that will tell you the location of the kernel. --=20 Neil Bothwick There was a young man from the border Who had an attention disorder. When he reached the last line He would run out of time And --Sig_/O8T5.B=ECP_CbRToJqKES=p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlRk3/EACgkQum4al0N1GQPzGgCfeL0c4WjCSWsPaZYjyBNTOoPk 3bcAoKxx0LUlqHygv41Cf24FsBvwQ9Eg =tR4L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/O8T5.B=ECP_CbRToJqKES=p--