From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 19:37:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 19:37:29 -0500 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:3277 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 19:37:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 01:37:05 +0100 From: "J.A. Magallon" To: Justin Piszcz Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Information & Install Kernel Script Message-ID: <20020208013705.A21496@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <3C6267B7.30A3020D@starband.net> <3C62FB81.E053B660@starband.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <3C62FB81.E053B660@starband.net>; from war@starband.net on jue, feb 07, 2002 at 23:11:13 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.3.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20020207 Justin Piszcz wrote: >Perhaps, however I began ik in December 2000. >No /sbin/installkernel existed at the time. >And /sbin/installkernel doesn't support grub on my rh72 box. >Nor does it check dependencies, etc, etc. > You should really take a look at /sbin/installkernel from Mandrake. Bootloader autodetection (lilo-grub), old kernel backup, adds entries in loader config file... a bunch of features. Do not reinvent the whell. Perhaps it is time for RedHat to turn heads towards Mandrake. >"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > >> Followup to: <3C6267B7.30A3020D@starband.net> >> By author: Justin Piszcz >> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel >> > >> > New site: http://www.installkernel.com/ >> > It is very light at the moment. >> > >> > 1] Latest news about the kernel: >> > http://www.installkernel.com/kernel.html >> > Anything else I should add under 2.4.17? >> > >> > 2] Install Kernel (bash script which I am working on) >> > http://www.installkernel.com/ik/index.html >> > ik-0.8.9: Adds -b option, you can build and install the kernel from >> > the current directory with -b. >> > Summary of ik: >> > Install Kernel (ik) is a bash script that installs the Linux kernel >> > and automatically sets up LILO or GRUB. >> > It also saves your kernel configuration each time you do an install. >> > This allows you to restore the newest >> > configuration file when you make a new kernel. This script is >> > intended for two groups of people; people >> > new to compiling kernels, and people who are tired of moving files >> > around and editing their bootloader >> > configurations every time they install a new kernel. >> > >> >> Sounds like you should make this work as /sbin/installkernel. >> >> -hpa >> -- >> at work, in private! >> "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." >> http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.18-pre8-slb #1 SMP Tue Feb 5 01:43:29 CET 2002 i686