Re: Re Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Brooks" == Brooks R Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > me thinks you would like make-kpkg (kernel-package) >> > >> >> IIRC, kernel-package asks if you want the symlinks. I may be wrong, it's >> been a while since I've needed a new kernel :) >> Brooks> Last I ran it (a couple o

RE: Re Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-12 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| > me thinks you would like make-kpkg (kernel-package) | > | | IIRC, kernel-package asks if you want the symlinks. I may be wrong, it's | been a while since I've needed a new kernel :) | Last I ran it (a couple of days ago) out of woody, it didn't ask about symlinks. It just does them as if the

Re Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-11 Thread Paul Wright
On Mon, 03 Mar 2002 at 23:25:30, k l u r t wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 23:29, Craig Dickson wrote: > > Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, /vmlinuz, > > pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some program depend on being > > able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? Would some

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Mike" == Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> As things are now, you have to change the kernel package to Mike> putting that symlink into /boot. This is one of the first Mike> things I have to do on each new system installation... :( Well, it is reasonably easy to do that,

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-06 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 09:50:02PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, /vmlinuz, > > pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some program depend on being > > able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? Would something break if I simply > > deleted t

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-03 Thread k l u r t
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 23:29, Craig Dickson wrote: > Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, /vmlinuz, > pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some program depend on being > able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? Would something break if I simply > deleted this symlink? > > I ask

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Craig" == Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Craig> Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, Craig> /vmlinuz, pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some Craig> program depend on being able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? One may set up a boot loader (like

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-02 Thread Shaul Karl
> > Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, /vmlinuz, > pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some program depend on being > able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? Would something break if I simply > deleted this symlink? > I believe one reason is because that is how the kern

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-02 Thread Dave Price
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 10:50:46AM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > Craig Dickson wrote (on 1 Mar 2002 at 20:29): > > > of 2.4.18-ac2. This means I have to go change the /vmlinuz > > symlink every time I install a new kernel, and I'm wondering if I > > can safely just delete the link and never bother

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-02 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 08:29:47PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: | Dumb question: why does Debian like to have a symlink, /vmlinuz, | pointing to the kernel image in /boot? Does some program depend on being | able to find the kernel at /vmlinuz? Would something break if I simply | deleted this symlin

Re: Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz

2002-03-02 Thread Tony Crawford
Craig Dickson wrote (on 1 Mar 2002 at 20:29): > of 2.4.18-ac2. This means I have to go change the /vmlinuz > symlink every time I install a new kernel, and I'm wondering if I > can safely just delete the link and never bother with it again. Yes, you can. Just make sure lilo.conf or whatever boot