[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo livedvd kernel

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:


> > Ok, I'm not sure where the actual kernel binary is on the livedvd.
> > I really want that actual binary.

> I thought you just wanted the config. If you look in the bootloader menu,
> either from the menu itself or at its config file on the disc, you will
> see the path to the kernel it is using.

I'll have to wait until I boot up again to try this. Right now I have
one booted off a recent minimal cd andt the other off the amd64-livedvd
that was produced earlier this fall....

> If the live DVD uses GRUB, the config is at grub.cfg as usual. If it uses
> isolinux it will be either /isolinux/isolinux.cfg or
> /boot/isolinux.isolinux.cfg.

using my old buddy "find" on the minimal cd I found this
/usr/src/linux/vmlinux

and
/mnt/gentoo/usr/src/linux-3.13.6-gentoo/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux 

vmlinux.bin and   vmlinux.bin.gz    (hopefully no typos).

On the lived dvd I found these with find:

./mnt/livecd/usr/src/linux-3.15.6-aufs-r1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
./mnt/livecd/usr/src/linux-3.15.6-aufs-r1/vmlinux
./usr/src/linux-3.15.6-aufs-r1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
./usr/src/linux-3.15.6-aufs-r1/vmlinux

(a pair of symlinks)

On neither is found an image or iso* in /boot or such.....
I guess the minimalcd and the livedvd use differnet semantics
for including the kernel and where it is written on the media.

Additionally, on the livedvd (last fall, amd64) the /boot/grub/menu.lst
when Irun "file menu.lst" tells me that:
"menu.lst" is a broken symbolic link to 'grub.conf'

curious...
James