NAME

       installkernel - install a new kernel image

SYNOPSIS

       installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]

DESCRIPTION

       installkernel  installs a new kernel image onto the system from the Linux source tree.  It
       is called by the Linux kernel makefiles when make install is invoked there.

       The new kernel is  installed  into  {directory}/vmlinuz-{version}.   If  a  symbolic  link
       {directory}/vmlinuz   already   exists,   it   is   refreshed   by   making  a  link  from
       {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously installed kernel is available as
       {directory}/vmlinuz.old.

BUGS

       installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles call it from there.
       It should really be in /usr/sbin.  It isn't needed to boot a system.