So far, I've been building and installing my kernels manually, as suggested in the handbook: make && make modules_install cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-x.x.x-gentoo Thanks for pointing out the 'make install' option. I'll give that a try.
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 16/12/2013 22:39, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> >> On 12/16/2013 10:28 PM, Mick wrote: >>> On Monday 16 Dec 2013 19:57:30 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>>> On Dec 16, 2013 9:38 PM, "the" <the.gu...@mail.ru> wrote: >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>>> >>>>> On 12/16/13 23:30, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >>>>>> Interesting option. Wish it had said it would nuke my .config as >>>>>> well. Just finished setting it up. Thought I'd follow the advice >>>>>> given before rebuilding the kernel. Should've backed up the .config >>>>>> file prior to running 'make distclean'. >>>>> Thanks for the heads up. >>>>> Perhaps it's a good idea to include configuration in the binary >>>> Sounds like good advice. Thought of this as well afterwards. >>>> Thanks. >>> Don't you save a copy of your kernel .config in /boot/ ? >>> >> Apparently not. >> >> Is this the recommended location for a backup copy of .conf? > > > It's what you get when you run make install in the kernel source dir. > > If you install your kernel image manually, then you must remember to do > it yourself. There is no "recommended location" as such - any old place > is as good as any other place and the choice is really up to you, so a > recommendation is pointless. > > But seeing as the kernel's Makefile makes a copy of the .config and > System.map in /boot, it makes sense to follow that established pattern. > > Or you could just use make install > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > >
