Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 multiple kernels

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote:
>
> ​Hi James,
>
> If you put the kernels in /boot with proper names and launch:
>
> ​ grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> Grub will set up the kernels for you.
>
> If you want (not likely)  to create a manual entry, put it in
> /etc/grub.d/40_custom
>
>
> -- 
>   Andrés Becerra Sandoval
>


That has been my experience so far as well.  Little info for OP.

root@fireball / # ls -al /boot/kernel*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5148896 Dec  6 21:05 /boot/kernel-3.11.6-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5023696 Oct 18 08:31 /boot/kernel-3.9.5-NEWMOBO
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5020432 Oct 20 22:30 /boot/kernel-3.9.5-NEWMOBO-1
root@fireball / # 

root@fireball / # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/kernel-3.11.6-1
Found linux image: /boot/kernel-3.9.5-NEWMOBO-1
Found linux image: /boot/kernel-3.9.5-NEWMOBO
done
root@fireball / #


What I have not figured out yet, how to know that it sees and applies
that init thingy that dracut made.  It doesn't mention finding it so I
don't know if it does or not.  Hmmmm.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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