INSTALLKERNEL(8)

NAME
installkernel - install a new kernel image

SYNOPSYS
installkernel version zImage System.map

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 /boot/vmlinuz-{version}, a link is made from /boot/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously installed kernel is available as /boot/vmlinuz.old. If you use LILO, /etc/lilo.conf should contain entries for the images /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/vmlinuz.old. ({version} is the new kernel's version.)

installkernel calls mkboot -installkernel to make the system bootable after the kernel is installed.

SEE ALSO
mkboot(8), lilo(8), lilo.conf(5)