ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 /boot/vmlinuz (was: Re: Fedora tested in c't: grub missing feature)

Thorsten Leemhuis fedora at leemhuis.info
Sat Feb 7 11:08:19 UTC 2009



On 05.02.2009 09:52, Jon Masters wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 07:53 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> 
>> Thus I'm wondering if we should make /sbin/new-kernel-pkg add the links 
>> /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initrd on kernel-install and let them point to 
>> the lastet kernel/initrd (the one from the kernel that is made default 
>> in our grub on install). Then OpenSuse and Ubuntu could use those files 
>> instead of the full vmlinuz/initrd path in their grub configuration and 
>> users would be able to start Fedora even after a few kernel updates from 
>> Fedora got installed.
> 
> I like that idea. I also really like the idea of adding in some kind of
> postfix differentiator configured in /etc/sysconfig/kernel so that one
> can still have a shared /boot between several Fedora/RHEL/whatever.
> 
> I might then configure:
> 
> /boot/vmlinuz-fedora10
> /boot/vmlinuz-rawhide
> /boot/vmlinuz-rhelX

I'm try to avoid sharing boot, but yes, I can imagine why some people do 
that.

Anyway, FYI: wanted to file a bug to hopefully get those links sooner or 
later, but then I found there is on already:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476967

Added a note there.

Cu
knurd




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