Stroller wrote: > > On 2 Feb 2009, at 01:05, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:08:25 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> Basically I build the kernel using make && make modules_install and >>> then copy the kernel by hand using >>> >>> cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.27-gentoo-r8 >>> >>> or whatever the kernel is. I add that to grub.conf and I'm done. works >>> for me. >> >> Four commands plus some editing, which could contain an error making the >> kernel unbootable. The alternative s one command >> >> make all modules_install install >> >> Which also, as a nice bonus, backs up your kernel config too. > > Does this not also add the system.map file & a couple of others to > /boot ? > > I think I tried this &/or genkernel & when I looked at /boot I found > they'd littered the place with clutter. > > I hope you won't be offended, but the amount of junk files this added > made me want to barf. > > I have avoided any such "complications" since, considering I don't > consider copying a file & editing grub.conf to be anything of a > complication myself. > > To guard against unbootable kernels I have a bzImage.old which is set > as fallback. To guard against human error when editing grub.conf the > bzImage.old is the first (0th?) entry in the list, and finally - lest > things go really pyriform - I have a KVM-IP. > > > On 2 Feb 2009, at 01:17, Tom wrote: >>> Basically I build the kernel using make && make modules_install and >>> then copy the kernel by hand >> >> Good god. So I'm not alone in being a dumbass :) > > What they said. > > Stroller. > > >
I think I read somewhere that system.map file is no longer needed, unless you want to set up things in a "odd" way. Is that correct? Dale :-) :-)
