Mike Gilbert wrote: > Thanks for "announcing" this Dale. grub-2.00 is in ~arch as of last night. > > Given your current naming scheme, grub2-mkconfig will not detect your > kernels. They must be named vmlinuz-version or kernel-version. For > example: > > /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.3 > /boot/kernel-2.6.39-gentoo > > Your initramfs files look good. > > Space wise, grub needs a couple hundred sectors after your MBR to > embed itself. If you used the default fdisk setting when you > partitioned your drive, you should have 2047 free sectors that it can > use. > > If you have your kernels named properly and some free sectors on your > hard drive, setting up grub:2 is a very easy process. See the wiki > page for more info. > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2_Quick_Start > >
Thanks. Now more questions. I have read about this a few times but never quite figured it out. I copy the bzImage and name it bzImage-* because that is what it is named when I type make etc to build a kernel. Is there a difference between bzImage and vmlinux? If it is, is it safe to rename it like that or will it break something? If I need a vmlinux kernel instead of a bzImage, where is that thing? I have looked and I don't have one on mine here. Maybe I am missing something. Google didn't find me anything either. Someone else posted the space their grub2 install used so I got plenty of space for that. I made /boot about 375Mbs last time, thinking about grub2 I guess. So, I guess I am good on that part. Thanks much. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
