This was fixed in the 4.2 sync which hit Ubuntu in Precise. Closing out for there and later as it works there. We are not likely to fix Lucid at this late stage in its life.
** Also affects: debianutils (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: debianutils (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: debianutils (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: debianutils (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Medium Assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw) Status: Confirmed ** Also affects: debianutils (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Vivid) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Released => Won't Fix ** Changed in: debianutils (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Invalid => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to debianutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16598 Title: /sbin/installkernel doesn't work Status in debianutils package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in debianutils source package in Lucid: Won't Fix Status in debianutils source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in debianutils source package in Trusty: Invalid Status in debianutils source package in Utopic: Invalid Status in debianutils source package in Vivid: Invalid Bug description: If I build a kernel (from kernel.org) and do a 'make install' it runs /sbin/installkernel which doesn't work right on my system (fresh install from CD). Because of a couple of problems. First, the script expects that /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink to the existing kernel (ditto for initrd), this is not how Ubuntu with GRUB is installed. Making the symlink made the script run, but there was no entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst for the new kernel. Second problem is that installkernel doesn't make and install initrd, as it does on other distro's (Suse, Redhat). Since the default config depends on ext3 and other drivers being in initrd, this prevents the new kernel from booting. The whole process of installing a new kernel does work out of the box on Suse, and Fedora. Suse uses one entry in grub/menu.lst but makes new symlinks. Fedora adds new entries in grub/menu.lst for each kernel built. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debianutils/+bug/16598/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp