Open thypon opened 9 years ago
Yes, arch does not follow some standards. novm-import-kernel is just a wrapper of novm mkkernel and novm getkernel.
You can call following commands: $ fakeroot novm mkkernel --release RELEASE --vmlinux VMLINUX --sysmap SYSMAP --setup SETUP $ fakeroot novm --url PRE_COMMAND_OUTPUT
Importing Linux Kernel Image on Archlinux yields an error; archlinux is a rolling release and breaks the standard linux name conventions.
For example the actual kernel image named
core\linux
(representing 3.18.5-1-ARCH kernel) is placed /boot/vmlinuz-linux with modules under /lib/modules/3.18.5-1-ARCH.If copy vmlinuz-linux to the expected location the error message become:
In archlinux the System.map file isn't available in /boot/System.map-${put here the version} but it is easily recoverable from a running kernel with
After these shims novm works.