On 21 September 2020 15:19:02 CEST, jdm <j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk> wrote: >Hi, > >I have read on distrowatch that Gentoo has released some Kernel related >packages. > >So having a look round I can see > >gentoo-kernel >gentoo-kernel-bin > >What are the differences between them? > >I assume that using these you no longer need to compile your kernel (if >you don't want to)? > >I have tried gentoo-kernel-bin but trying to do a make install throws > >sh ./arch/x86/boot/install.sh 5.4.64 arch/x86/boot/bzImage \ > System.map "/boot" >sh: ./arch/x86/boot/install.sh: No such file or directory >make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/Makefile:155: install] Error 127 >make: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:294: install] Error 2 > >Anyone else tried this? > >Thought it could be useful for a few virtual machines. > >Thanks. > >John > >PS the handbook is down and there is not much related documentation.
I would expect the bin versions for the kernel to install the kernel image in /boot. The sources are there for packages that require access to the sources. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
