Installation of new kernel and systemd

[braz2kuk]

Hi all,

Long time user here and had a system for a good few years using OpenRC and compiling the kernel manually myself.

I decided to backup and reinstall as had few issues with legacy packages, anyway I decided to give systemd a try given it's a new installation.

During the install I have come to the stage of installing the kernel.

Previously I would do the following:

- emerge latest sources
- copy config and edit if required
- make and rebuild modules
- install to /boot

I would then run grub configure to pick up the new kernel and reboot no issues. My question is the handbook is confusing me a little, for systemd can I use this approach and I personally like the manual config.

I don't use an initramfs, grub woukd just boot the vmlinuz image and all was good.

I know it's likely me here not understanding so any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Pete

[GDH-gentoo]

Previously I would do the following:

- emerge latest sources
- copy config and edit if required
- make and rebuild modules
- install to /boot

I would then run grub configure to pick up the new kernel and reboot no issues. My question is the handbook is confusing me a little, for systemd can I use this approach and I personally like the manual config.

You can continue doing that on a systemd profile as long as you enable the kernel features that systemd requires (it's more demanding than OpenRC in that regard), and, if you install to /boot using the kernel's build system (i. e. make install), for maximum compatibility with your previous OpenRC way, I'd recommend you unset the systemd USE flag for package sys-kernel/installkernel, and set the rest of the USE flags it understands the way you had them before.