kernel from 1 box to another
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Thu May 25 23:13:10 UTC 2006
Tom Brown wrote:
> OK this is potentially a dumb question but....
>
> If i build and install a kernel on box a can i just tar up the
> vmlinuz-xxx initrd-xxx and the built modules from box a untar them on
> box b and update the grub config? If not is the only way to build a
> kernel on one machine and dictribute it to other boxes to package it up
> as an rpm?
How are you building your kernel? I've never built a kernel where the
result wasn't an rpm...or set of rpms. That is the safest/leanest way
to install it on multiple systems. Why ask for trouble?
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