>>"Craig" == Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink,
Craig> /vmlinuz, pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some
Craig> program depend on being able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz?
One may set up a boot loader (like lilo or grub) to have a
latest kernel and previous kernel selections, and point them to the
symlinks.
Craig> Would something break if I simply deleted this symlink?
Not unless you have set up lilo/grub to look at those links.
Craig> I ask because I install kernels by hand, and I use a naming
Craig> scheme for my kernels that tells me what they are and when
Craig> they were built, e.g. vmlinuz-2.4.18-ac2-020226 is a 26 Feb
Craig> 2002 build of 2.4.18-ac2. This means I have to go change the
Craig> /vmlinuz symlink every time I install a new kernel, and I'm
Craig> wondering if I can safely just delete the link and never
Craig> bother with it again.
Look into your boot loader config. If it does not look at
/vmlinuz, you can delete it. Or else you need to fix your boot loader
config. No other progrtam should look at this link.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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