122678 – Instructions for copying the boot image are wrong

Bug 122678 - Instructions for copying the boot image are wrong

Summary: Instructions for copying the boot image are wrong

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Xavier Neys (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#...
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Reported:	2006-02-13 05:51 UTC by Joel Cron
Modified:	2006-02-13 07:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Joel Cron 2006-02-13 05:51:25 UTC

I know this may be obvious to experienced users, but in the faq where you tell how to rebuild the kernel and copy it to boot you have 'cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot'.  It took me a while, but somewhere else in the documentation I found 'cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/<kernel-name>' or something close.  I believe the instruction in the faq needs to match.  I had my kernel rebuilt right for about an hour and a half before I realized it wasn't being used by grub.  There might also need to be some instruction about making sure grub is pointed to the kernel you just built.

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-02-13 07:37:25 UTC

Fixed. Thanks.