Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: My wish for the next Linux-Release... | Date | Wed, 3 Jul 1996 02:17:37 -0400 (EDT) |
| |
> From aem@hookup.net Tue Jul 2 11:51:01 1996 > >> I can hardly blame him if he is using vmlinux. The zImage (or bzImage) >> is buried way down the tree: /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage >> >> Whatever it is that gets compiled should get an _obvious_ name and >> be put in the root of the source tree. I really don't care if it >> is moved or just symlinked. (a copy would waste space) > > Well there are alread a few options... > a) make install > b) make zlilo > c) make zdisk
This will know to put it in /dos/linux/kernel/2-0-0.ker, and to put the map in /dos/linux/map/2-0-0.map of course. Then it will add a Linux entry second in /etc/lilo.conf, move the old kernel down, and give the old kernel a name like 1-99-12.
> Then for those hard to please, the location of zImage was documented > the last time I looked (egads! You mean I have to read? Oh no!)
It is, but documentation does not make something a feature. The documentation even looks seriously incorrect for non-i386. Over the years I've seen _many_ people use the wrong file as their kernel and complain here or to comp.os.linux.*. The following symlink (adjusted by arch) would really help:
Linux -> arch/i386/boot/zImage
|  |