Manual: installkernel

INSTALLKERNEL(8)				   System Manager's Manual				    INSTALLKERNEL(8)

NAME
       installkernel - install a new kernel image

SYNOPSIS
       installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]

DESCRIPTION
       installkernel installs a new kernel image onto the system from the Linux source tree.  It is called by the Linux ker‐
       nel makefiles when make install is invoked there.

       The  new	 kernel is installed into {directory}/vmlinuz-{version}.  If a symbolic link {directory}/vmlinuz already ex‐
       ists, it is refreshed by making a link from {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously installed	ker‐
       nel is available as {directory}/vmlinuz.old.

BUGS
       installkernel  resides  in  /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles call it from there.  It should really be in
       /usr/sbin.  It isn't needed to boot a system.

Debian Linux						 7 Jan 2001					    INSTALLKERNEL(8)