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? -- If food is not reasonably clean, return uneaten portion for partial refund