NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       installkernel - install a new kernel image

SYNOPSYS    [Toc]    [Back]

       installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       installkernel  installs	a  new	kernel	image onto the system from the
       Linux source tree.  It is called by the	Linux  kernel  makefiles  when
       make install is invoked there.

       The  new kernel is installed into {directory}/vmlinuz-{version}, a link
       is made from {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the  previously
       installed  kernel  is available as {directory}/vmlinuz.old.  If you use
       LILO, /etc/lilo.conf should contain  entries  for  the  images  {direc-
       tory}/vmlinuz  and {directory}/vmlinuz.old.  ({version} is the new kernel's
 version.)

       installkernel calls mkboot -i to make the  system  bootable  after  the
       kernel is installed.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       installkernel  resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles
       call it from there.  It should really be in /usr/sbin.  It isn't needed
       to boot a system, and it calls mkboot, which depends on the /usr partition
 being mounted.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       mkboot(8), lilo(8), lilo.conf(5)



Debian Linux			  7 Jan 2001		      INSTALLKERNEL(8)