Name change on Ubuntu's vmlinuz
I want to dual boot from Slackware 13.37 LILO to Ubuntu's grub.
Slack's LILO has a 31 character limit which causes an error when setting up its LILO. I am thinking of doing a name change on vmlinuz in /boot and thus in Slack's LILO. Besides the grub config file are there any other places which refer to the vmlinuz that would complicate or prevent doing the name change? |
As a general statement, you can call the kernel whatever you want. Ubuntu/Debian tend to be pretty anal about things like that because they use scripts to do everything. If you merely "trim" some characters off the end you should be o.k. - don't go with "waddles_kernel" or update-grub won't find it.
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U R correct about changing the name messing up updating.
I honestly did not look at the config file but believe it must contain references to /boot/vmlinuz. I am wondering though if there are other places that refer to the name given in the distro to /boot/vmlinuz... . I have thought about using symlinking but think this could be difficult at best. |
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