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?
thanks
It will work, but you have to build a new initrd file. Just (as root) do
'/sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-(kernel version).img (kernel version)'.
That is because the initrd holds the modules needed to start up, and is
different for each system.
-Steven
