INSTALLKERNEL(8) System Manager's Manual INSTALLKERNEL(8)
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 in-
stall 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 previ-
ously 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.
Debian Linux 7 Jan 2001 INSTALLKERNEL(8)
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