Re Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

[Paul Wright <ptwright@localnet.com>]

On Mon, 03 Mar 2002 at 23:25:30, k l u r t wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 23:29, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, /vmlinuz,
> > pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some program depend on being
> > able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? Would something break if I simply
> > deleted this symlink?
> > I ask because I install kernels by hand, and I use a naming scheme for
> > my kernels that tells me what they are and when they were built, e.g.
> > vmlinuz-2.4.18-ac2-020226 is a 26 Feb 2002 build of 2.4.18-ac2. This
> > means I have to go change the /vmlinuz symlink every time I install a
> > new kernel, and I'm wondering if I can safely just delete the link and
> > never bother with it again.
> > Thanks,
> > Craig
>
> me thinks you would like make-kpkg (kernel-package)
>

IIRC, kernel-package asks if you want the symlinks.  I may be wrong, it's 
been a while since I've needed a new kernel :)





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