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> In Code Listing 11 on this page
> (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-alpha.xml?part=1&chap=7),
> it says that after the kernel finishes compiling, to execute this command :
>
> cp arch/alpha/boot/vmlinux.gz /boot/
This is already fixed in the handbook iirc.
>
>
> First of all, the compiled kernel is not in the arch/alpha/boot
> subdirectory, it's in the current directory (/usr/src/linux). Second, it
> isn't vmlinux.gz but vmlinux .
>
> Should I gzip it?
gzip'ing the kernel is fine.
>
> I seem to remember that back in the day, we did "make vmlinuz" which
> gave an already gzipped kernel, but now, there is no target named
> "vmlinuz" in the Makefile...
>
I usually run 'gzip -c vmlinux > /boot/name-of-kernel.gz' and update
/etc/aboot.conf to reflect my new kernel.
Regards,
Bryan Østergaard
Gentoo/Alpha developer
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