INSTALLKERNEL(8)                                                                                                INSTALLKERNEL(8)



NAME
       installkernel - tool to script kernel installation


SYNOPSIS
       installkernel <kernel-version> <bootimage> <mapfile>


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

       The new kernel is installed into {directory}/vmlinuz-{version}. If a symbolic link {directory}/vmlinuz already exists, it
       is  refreshed  by making a link from {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously installed kernel is avail-
       able as {directory}/vmlinuz.old.


SEE ALSO
       grubby(8) new-kernel-pkg(8)


AUTHORS
       Erik Troan
       Jeremy Katz
       Peter Jones



                                                         Wed Apr 14 2010                                        INSTALLKERNEL(8)