{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "installkernel",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/installkernel/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T00:58:37Z",
    "synopsis": "installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "installkernel - install a new kernel image\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "installkernel version zImage System.map [directory]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "installkernel  installs a new kernel image onto the system from the Linux source tree.  It is\ncalled by the Linux kernel makefiles when make install is invoked there.\n\nThe new kernel is installed into {directory}/vmlinuz-{version}.  If a symbolic  link  {direc‐\ntory}/vmlinuz  already  exists,  it is refreshed by making a link from {directory}/vmlinuz to\nthe new kernel, and the previously installed kernel is available as {directory}/vmlinuz.old.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles call  it  from  there.\nIt should really be in /usr/sbin.  It isn't needed to boot a system.\n\n\n\nDebian Linux                                 7 Jan 2001                             INSTALLKERNEL(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "installkernel - install a new kernel image",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}