Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] (revised slightly) create kernel symlinks in /boot

[Adam Heath <doogie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Paul Larson wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 00:06 +0100, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> > I think this won't work if /boot is mounted in a separate partition.
> > AFAIK, GRUB isn't able to follow symlinks across different filesystems.
>
> That probably true, but a hard link should work ok right?  The cp -dR in
> make install-kernels should ensure that the link is preserved, and cp
> -fdr likewise in install.sh.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Paul Larson
> plars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.linuxtestproject.org
>
> diff -Nru a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0
> b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0
> --- a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0  2005-01-21 10:19:56 -06:00
> +++ b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xen0  2005-01-21 10:19:56 -06:00
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
>           $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR)
> modules_install ; \
>       fi
>       $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR) install
> +     ln /boot/vmlinuz-$(FULLVERSION) \
> +         $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(EXTRAVERSION)

bzzt.  What if /boot and $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot are different partitions?

>
>  $(LINUX_DIR)/include/linux/autoconf.h: pristine-linux-$(LINUX_VER)
>       rm -rf $(LINUX_DIR)
> diff -Nru a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU
> b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU
> --- a/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU  2005-01-21 10:19:56 -06:00
> +++ b/buildconfigs/mk.linux-2.6-xenU  2005-01-21 10:19:56 -06:00
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
>           $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR)
> modules_install ; \
>       fi
>       $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) ARCH=xen INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_DIR) install
> +     ln /boot/vmlinuz-$(FULLVERSION) \
> +         $(INSTALL_DIR)/boot/vmlinuz-$(EXTRAVERSION)
>
>  $(LINUX_DIR)/include/linux/autoconf.h: pristine-linux-$(LINUX_VER)
>       rm -rf $(LINUX_DIR)
>
>


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