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From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Subject: Re: Why INSTALL_PATH is not /boot by default?
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>> 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).

FHS says that the kernel image can be in either / or /boot. However, older 386'
require that extra partition below 1024 cyls.
Plus, I am of the opinion that there should not be any files in /
(incircumventable exception are quota files); ls -l already shows 57 entries
for this machine's root dir.

>If /boot is ok for other than just i386 we can give it a try.

boot is always ok given that you copy the kernel from the source tree to <your
favorite destination> by hand.



Jan Engelhardt
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