From: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Blaisorblade <blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why INSTALL_PATH is not /boot by default?
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:37:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41A06FF0.7090808@domdv.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041121094308.GA7911@mars.ravnborg.org>
Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:27:15AM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote:
>
>>This line, in the main Makefile, is commented:
>>
>>export INSTALL_PATH=/boot
>>
>>Why? It seems pointless, since almost everything has been for ages requiring
>>this settings, and distros' versions of installkernel have been taking an
>>empty INSTALL_PATH as meaning /boot for ages (for instance Mandrake). It's
>>maybe even mandated by the FHS (dunno).
>>
>>Is there any reason I'm missing?
>
>
> Changing this may have impact on default behaviour of some versions of
> installkernel.
> If /boot is ok for other than just i386 we can give it a try.
>
Please note that there are cases where you build a kernel for machine x
on machine y. Which means: don't unconditionally uncomment this line.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-21 10:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-16 0:27 Why INSTALL_PATH is not /boot by default? Blaisorblade
2004-11-21 9:43 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-11-21 10:19 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-21 10:37 ` Andreas Steinmetz [this message]
2004-11-21 13:03 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-11-21 13:07 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-11-21 20:23 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-11-21 18:56 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-12-03 19:57 ` Blaisorblade
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