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Re: Using make-kpkg



On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Colin Watson wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:56:42PM +0200, David List wrote:
>> Just to make sure that I have understood the man page for make-kpkg
>> right:
>> If I issue 'make-kpkg kernel_image', the kernel is built *and* installed
>> *and* any symlink are set correctly.
>
>Not quite; the kernel is built but not installed. When you install the
>package that make-kpkg spits out (using 'dpkg -i'), the kernel is
>installed and the /vmlinuz symlink is set correctly.

I see. Since SILO works as it does (as opposed to LILO), I should then
be able to boot the new kernel immediately, right?

Best regards,
David List



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