On 2024-11-12 12:45:47, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 02:14:34PM +0800, kindusmith wrote: > > In early Unix, boot and vmunix were both stored in the root directory as > > programs, and boot was used to start vmunix. Debian inherited this for > > compatibility, but the situation has changed a lot. Today, boot is > > stored in the root directory as a directory, which already contains the > > kernel files vmlinuz and initramfs. Therefore, it makes no sense to link > > vmlinuz and initamfs to the root directory, so the best way is to remove > > them from the root directory. > > You may alter /etc/kernel-img.conf however you wish.
The question is why on a default install with grub, which doesn't need nor use the symlinks, are they still created. For most systems, they're superfluous. iustin, who also dislikes these and always needs to disable them
