NAME¶
installkernel - install a new kernel image
SYNOPSIS¶
installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]
DESCRIPTION¶
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}. If a symbolic link
{directory}/vmlinuz already exists, it is refreshed by making a link
from {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously
installed kernel is available as {directory}/vmlinuz.old.
BUGS¶
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.
