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chiefmonkey
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 Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: Kernel Image Location |
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Hi,
I am new to Gentoo, having moved over from Ubuntu and I am having a strange problem with the location of the kernel image.
This is a copy of a section from grub
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-r6
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sdb3
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.18-r6 (new)
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/new-bzImage root=/dev/sdb3
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Now if I select the first of those options it boots without any problem, if I select the secong (new) it says "Error 15 File not found"
When i log into gentoo and go to /boot it only contains "new-BzImage" but NOT "kernel-2.16.18-gentoo-r6"
So I am unsure exactly where it is, and why when I use
cp /arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage to /boot it doesn't find it.
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didymos
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Well, why not just use "make install" and let it rename the old kernel for you with the .old extension, and automatically update the vmlinuz symlink, which you can then use in grub. Then make a second entry using vmlinuz.old for the kernel so you can fallback on the last good kernel.
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chiefmonkey
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Does it automatically rename the kernel to have the suffix .old. Given that the original is not called bzImage?
George |
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Jaglover
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Mounting /boot before working there might prove a good idea too. |
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chiefmonkey
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | Mounting /boot before working there might prove a good idea too. |
Um, that would be it then. Thanks for the help guys. 
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didymos
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | Mounting /boot before working there might prove a good idea too. |
Ok, that was funny. Good thing one of us noticed the obvious.
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nixnut
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