Bug 511722

Summary:	Poor kernel name suggestion in Handbook Chapter 7 on x86 and amd64
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Brian Evans (RETIRED) <grknight>
Component:	Installation Handbook	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bkohler, docs-team
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=7
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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".