[Techtalk] the finer points of kernel customization

[Finne Boonen]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Akkana Peck wrote:

> 
> I usually do a make modules, then a separate make modules_install.
> Why?  Because everything up to the install point I do as myself
> (why be root if you don't have to?)  Then I su, cp arch/blah/blah/bzImage
> to /boot/vmlinuz-newkernelname, make modules_install, and edit the
> bootloader.  I don't make install because I like to choose the name
> for each kernel, and I like to be sure I'm not going to overwrite
> an existing kernel unless I really intend to.
> 

is it necessary to do modules_install after copying the kernel to /boot?

Finne

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