On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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.
AFAIK, you should be fine renaming bzImage to vmlinuz. (Note the z. It's vmlinuz, not vmlinux") -- :wq
