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Nowdays, I have to compile linux kernel more and more...

So :

make /home/mohsen/K=kernel menuconfig 
make /home/mohsen/K=kernel 
make /home/mohsen/K=kernel modules_install install

Question is , When I run install target make command, I don't want to install new kernel and old kernel stay. Do you know a target for make command to replace my new kernel?

UPDATE:

Suppose , Once I did the following way:

    make /home/mohsen/K=kernel menuconfig 
    make /home/mohsen/K=kernel 
    make /home/mohsen/K=kernel modules_install install

Then I find out to add/remove to kernel , So do the following job:

make /home/mohsen/K=kernel menuconfig 
make /home/mohsen/K=kernel 

For 3th command , When you usekernel install, This copy current kernel to *.old and install new kernel. I don't want to copy current kernel to *.old

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  • Could you clarify more of what you are asking? When you use make to compile the kernel, it will not replace your old kernel inside your /boot directory.
    – Peschke
    Sep 25, 2015 at 6:15
  • I updated my question. Sep 25, 2015 at 22:04

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The installkernel command installs the kernel and there is no option to disable creating the .old. If you don't want it then you can use your own installation script and set the environment variable INSTALLKERNEL

INSTALLKERNEL
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Install script called when using "make install".
The default name is "installkernel".

    The script will be called with the following arguments:
        $1 - kernel version
        $2 - kernel image file
        $3 - kernel map file
        $4 - default install path (use root directory if blank)

Without knowing what you are trying to do I'd humbly suggest you add rm of the old kernel to your installation steps rather than writing your own INSTALLKERNEL.

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