Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:21:15 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>>> I didn't even know about make install until I read this thread, I
>>> always manually copied kernels over.
>
>> I have always copied mine over manually too.  I keep quite a few spares
>> laying around, just in case.
>
> Make install only copies the new kernel, it doesn't touch your existing
> ones. However, if you use symlinks in /boot, it links the new
> kernel to vmlinuz and the previous one to vmlinuz.old, which removes the
> need to alter your grub config.
>
>

I'm sure that works but I've been doing the way I do it because that
works for me.  This is what I end up with:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5148896 Dec  6  2013 /boot/kernel-3.11.6-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5269728 Mar 23  2014 /boot/kernel-3.13.6-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5309456 Apr  6  2014 /boot/kernel-3.14.0-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5370192 Aug 10  2014 /boot/kernel-3.16.0-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5371280 Oct  6  2014 /boot/kernel-3.16.3-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5316576 Oct 25  2014 /boot/kernel-3.16.3-2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5388960 May  1 00:53 /boot/kernel-3.18.12-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5387488 Feb  8 13:10 /boot/kernel-3.18.5-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5387680 Feb 27 18:03 /boot/kernel-3.18.7-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5387584 Mar 14 16:56 /boot/kernel-3.18.9-1
 

I also save the config with the same version part as the kernel, that
way I know which config goes with which kernel.  Everyone has their own
way of doing what works for them.  I just prefer to copy my own manually
with a name that makes sense to me.  I don't think make install will do
this the way I do it.

To each his own.

Dale

:-)  :-)