Dragon Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 hopefully this will be my last question on this New Kernel issue.can I just move the bzImage to the boot file, and delete everything else, or do I need to keep it all? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 You may need your kernel souce installed to build some packages, the nvidia module for one(I think, or it may just look for the .config file). If you really just want to save space and get delete your kernel source, at least save your .config file. That way you can use that config for any fute builds you may need to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 I lucked out with the Nvidia drivers, they were pre-configured in the kernels .config file, which is now a bzimage. I don't foresee do any more kernel configuations in the future.one of the steps was to run sudo make installand it installed the vmlinuz, .config, and system.map for 2.6.16 all into /bootThe only thing that isn't in /boot is the bzImage (kernel image) itself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 I think when you run the command make install, it copys the file bzImage and renames it to vmlinuz. vmlinuz is your kenel image. I think it is just tradition to rename it to that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 i'm not sure, I know if I run vmlinuz, it kernel panics on me, but if I run the bzImage it works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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