511722 – Poor kernel name suggestion in Handbook Chapter 7 on x86 and amd64

Bug 511722 - Poor kernel name suggestion in Handbook Chapter 7 on x86 and amd64

Summary: Poor kernel name suggestion in Handbook Chapter 7 on x86 and amd64

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported:	2014-05-28 19:01 UTC by Brian Evans (RETIRED)
Modified:	2014-06-01 13:20 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-05-28 19:01:20 UTC

Chapter 7 says:

"When the kernel has finished compiling, copy the kernel image to /boot. Use whatever name you feel is appropriate for your kernel choice but make sure it starts with linux- or vmlinuz- so that the boot loader scripts can automatically detect the new kernels later."

The default grub2-mkconfig rule in /etc/grub.d/10_linux looks for kernel- or vmlinuz- .  It will not look for linux- .

Please correct this.

Comment 1 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2014-05-28 19:47:50 UTC

This would be the perfect time to rewrite this section to use 'make install'..

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-01 13:20:42 UTC

Done, instructions altered to use "make install".