Kernel Installation Options - Quick Poll

[Arc C.]

> >   What's wrong with having a standard aboot.conf with a generic 
> > "vmlinuz" entry that's a link to the real kernel? This way 
> a fresh install of the system (and kernel's rpm) doesn't do a 
> thing to aboot.conf. Instead it uses a symbolic link.
> > And a kernel upgrade would do option 1 (adding an entry to 
> aboot.conf without making it a default).
> 
> Don't quote me on this, but I seem to recall aboot having 
> issues with symlinks, at least at one point.
> 
> The whole bit with your boot being based of symlinks doesn't 
> work for me on some fundamental level, though. It adds a 
> layer of "mystery" to the setup when you can't look at your 
> config from aboot or SRM and tell what you're actually about 
> to boot into.

  Not to discard a valid points, but...
  Here's the aboot.conf from my PWS500a:
# aboot default configurations
0:1/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 noinitrd  console=tty0
1:1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp root=/dev/sda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp.img  console=tty0
2:1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp root=/dev/sda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp.img  console=ttyS0
3:1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp root=/dev/sda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp.img  console=ttyS0 console=tty0
4:1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp root=/dev/sda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp.img  single

and...

$ ls -l /boot/
total 15896
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Apr  4 23:06 System.map ->
System.map-2.6.5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       668024 May 12  2003
System.map-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1131075 Mar 11 12:28 System.map-2.6.4
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1138138 Apr  5 21:22 System.map-2.6.5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        89088 Mar 24  2003 bootlx
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        44507 May 12  2003
config-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       801644 Jul  3  2003
initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp.img
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           27 Oct 18  2003 initrd.img ->
initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp.img
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          408 Jul  3  2003 kernel.h
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           28 Jul  3  2003 module-info ->
module-info-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        15436 May 12  2003
module-info-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      7028213 May 12  2003
vmlinux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Apr  4 23:07 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.6.5
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1335354 May 12  2003
vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1973680 Mar 11 12:28 vmlinuz-2.6.4
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1983171 Apr  5 21:22 vmlinuz-2.6.5

$ uname -a
Linux baltika 2.6.5 #2 Mon Apr 5 19:03:58 CDT 2004 alpha unknown