kernel source symlink

[nss]

my linux symlink is pointing to the following:

/usr/src/linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11

the instructions (which can be found in part 7b of the ppc manual) say that the symlink should be pointing to /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-r9

should i change it or leave as is?

thanks.

[ravensix]

linux symlink should point to the kernel you plan on using, if you're kernel source is linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 then its correct.

[nss]

it is now time to copy the kernel image to boot... the instructions say to use this command:

cp vmlinux /boot/kernel-2.6.7

should i enter this command as is or will mine differ slightly as my symlink did.

thanks.

[ravensix]

I'm not a PPC user but im going to take a wil;d shot and say basically you'll need to cop arch/ppc/boot/bzImage
granted you are already in /usr/src/linux

But the 2.6 kernel has its own make install, when i install my kernel i would just do this

[hielvc]

I have used the install method for a long time but you dont need to copy vmlinuz to kernel-version. Heres my /boot

ls -l /boot
total 7926
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26 Sep 29 20:48 System.map -> System.map-2.6.8-gentoo-r4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 953718 Sep 2 12:04 System.map-2.6.8-gentoo-r2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 950574 Sep 29 20:48 System.map-2.6.8-gentoo-r4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 950574 Sep 29 20:36 System.map-2.6.8-gentoo-r4.old
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Sep 29 20:48 System.map.old -> System.map-2.6.8-gentoo-r4.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 22 2003 boot -> .
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Sep 29 20:48 config -> config-2.6.8-gentoo-r4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29441 Sep 2 12:04 config-2.6.8-gentoo-r2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26607 Sep 29 20:48 config-2.6.8-gentoo-r4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26607 Sep 29 20:36 config-2.6.8-gentoo-r4.old
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26 Sep 29 20:48 config.old -> config-2.6.8-gentoo-r4.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29145 Aug 20 09:03 config267r14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29441 Aug 26 04:02 config268
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 20 13:24 grub
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Mar 28 2003 lost+found
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23 Sep 29 20:48 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.8-gentoo-r4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1690695 Sep 2 12:04 vmlinuz-2.6.8-gentoo-r2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1682696 Sep 29 20:48 vmlinuz-2.6.8-gentoo-r4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1682696 Sep 29 20:36 vmlinuz-2.6.8-gentoo-r4.old
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27 Sep 29 20:48 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-2.6.8-gentoo-r4.old

and heres my grub.conf

timeout 15
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo 2.6.8-gentoo-r4
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=0303 vga=791 hdc=ide-cd

title=gentoo 2.6.8-gentoo-r2
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.6.8-gentoo-r2 root=0303 vga=791 hdc=ide-cd

It works but I need to clean up my grub.conf
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